Outside the Beltway

A Supreme Court Justice says our laws and regulations are out of control.

The court amplified its power at the expense of the administrative state.

A reasonable ruling clarifying a poorly-written prior opinion.

He may be under-estimating.

Well, more than two…

Of party, duty, age, and political roulette.

The DC district attorney’s office is looking into allegations of masssive tax fraud.

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.

The Supreme Court sided with an anti-gay website designer.

Dueling headlines give radically different impressions of the same case.

When prejudice overrides simple humanity.

A sensible compromise on a controversial issue.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is signaling an unfavorable ruling.

The Supreme Court may revisit a controversial criminal justice ruling.

Why have Americans lost trust in their institutions?

The court, rightly, punted the issue to Congress and local leaders.

The class photo has changed.

Who should have the final say on the law of the land?

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

The Supreme Court has reversed decades of precedent on church-state separation.

The leaked draft is now the law of the land.

A slim majority upheld an injunction, kicking the can down the road.

The apparently eminent demise of abortion rights has reignited an old debate.

We deserve better.

The highest court in the land issued a split decision on President Biden’s COVID policy.

Despite a rising groundswell of support, the obvious solution to our crisis has not been implemented.

Another 6-3 decision along ideological lines.

Most NCAA restrictions violate anti-trust law.

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

How should we balance public health and fundamental rights?

Congress forgot to disestablish a Creek Reservation created by treaty in 1833 and 1856 when it made Oklahoma a state in 1909.

A reprise of an almost identical case with a different group of Justices–and the Chief Justice switching sides.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Supreme Court heard a significant Second Amendment case, but it is unlikely to rule on the merits of the case.

The Supreme Court took up the DACA issue today. No matter what it decides, this will likely become a big issue in the 2020 elections.

A Federal District court Judge in Alabama has blocked implementation of that state’s latest attempt to challenge Roe v. Wade

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held oral argument in a series of cases asking it to decide if existing civil rights laws cover discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Justice Ginsburg has some kind words for her two newest co-workers, perhaps to the surprise of many of Ginsburg’s own supporters.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t very impressed by the proposals made by several liberal politicians lately to increase the size of the Supreme Court to counterbalance the conservative tilt created by the Gorsuch and Kavanaugh confirmations.

A law professor reads too much into a cryptic concurrence.

A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?

The Supreme Court issued a significant ruling on Monday that could make it easier to buy and sell alcoholic beverages across state lines.

President Trump’s first Supreme Court appointment has joined the liberal bloc on several cases.

The Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the case of a Mississippi defendant whose trial was tainted by a prosecutor who routinely struck black jurors from the jury pool.

The Supreme Court rejected an effort by the Virginia House of Delegates to overturn a Federal Court ruling that the state’s district lines constituted gerrymandering by race. But they didn’t rule on the merits of the appeal.

Four years ago, Donald Trump began his campaign for President. What has followed has been as bad as could have been predicted that day.

Justice Clarence Thomas is seemingly putting to rest any reports that he’s considering retiring in the near future.

Kamala Harris is trying to jump-start her Presidential campaign with an idea for a new law, but it’s probably unconstitutional and would never get through Congress.

Mitch McConnell has had an unsurprising change of heart on the issue of Senate consideration of Supreme Court nominees in a Presidential election year.

Jon Bel Edwards is a reminder that our divide is cultural, not just partisan.