Outside the Beltway

It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.

The Court gets the result right, but their reasoning will make things much more difficult for courts, defendants, and victims.

Yesterday the Supreme Court greatly expanded the circumstances under which police can rely on anonymous tips.

The Affirmative Action debate is too divisive and largely misses the point.

The Supreme Court may have just found a way to end the debate over Affirmative Action in education.

Sooner than one might have expected, Republicans are starting to battle over the issue of marriage equality.

Someone needs to give the Mayor of Warren, Michigan a lesson on what the First Amendment means.

New York has joined nine other states and the District of Columbia to vote to for an Electoral College bypass.

A partial victory, but a victory nonetheless.

In retrospect, and in comparison with other recent Presidents, George Herbert Walker Bush’s four years in office were pretty darn good.

Once again, the Tea Party wing of the GOP is talking about taking out John Boehner.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

A tale of life in modern-day America . . .

Mitch McConnell’s hopes to become Senate Majority Leader could hinge on what happens in his own state and in Georgia.

Republican leaders continue to say stupid things. They may still retake the Senate in November.

From Florida, a small victory for Fourth Amendment rights.

The New York Times Benghazi report raises as many questions as it purports to answer.

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

In an ordinary post-recession world, we wouldn’t need to talk about extended unemployment benefits, but times are far from ordinary.

Republicans have some good ideas about overhauling how they pick a nominee. Unfortunately, it’s hard to see how most of them can be enforced.

80 years ago, Prohibition ended. However, we are still making the same mistakes that were made from 1920 to 1933.

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

It wasn’t a Thermonuclear move, more like something the size of Hiroshima, but today the Senate took an historic move nonetheless.

Congressional Democrats are not very pleased with the White House right now.

The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.

Chris Christie did as well as expected last night, but that’s just the beginning.

Even if it were functioning properly the Federal Health Care Exchange website would still have problems.

Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.

The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP

Wal-Mart has fired an employee for coming to the aid of a customer being assaulted in the parking lot.

Should states have the right to ban affirmative action? The Supreme Court will decide that this term.

The outlines of a possible new GOP proposal are emerging. Can it go anywhere?

The Miley Cyrus of college football will be back too soon.

The Sacramento Bee has released this remarkable video of President Gerald Ford testifying about the assassination attempt by Lynnette “Squeaky” Fromme.

Courts gave the NSA broad powers to intercept overseas communications of Americans . . . 30 years ago.

Detroit is bankrupt, but that isn’t stopping the Red Wings from getting $400 million in taxpayer subsidies for their new stadium.