Outside the Beltway

Congress is poised to legislate protections previously mandated by the courts.

The 6-3 opinion written by Justice Gorsuch and joined by Chief Justice Roberts defies conventional wisdom.

Elizabeth Warren’s comments at an LGBT rights forum late last week were cheered by the audience, but some Democrats are raising concerns about their impact on the General Election.

Republicans nationwide are trying to discourage Roy Moore from running for Senate again. Roy Moore doesn’t care.

Some reports are saying that Roy Moore will run for the GOP nomination for Senate again in 2020.

A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a large number of Republicans, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.

Roy Moore has not said that he’s running for Senate again in Alabama, but he’s already threatening to up-end the race for the GOP nomination.

Disgraced former Chief Justice of Alabama Roy Moore is apparently “seriously considering” running for Senate in 2020.

Democratic candidates for President are quickly voicing support for marijuana legalization.

Roy Moore, who lost a Special Election to replace Jeff Sessions in 2017 after being hit with allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault, isn’t ruling another bid for the same seat.

New York State seems likely to join the list of states where marijuana has been legalized sometime next year.

Kim Davis, who became infamous for defying Court orders to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, was defeated in her re-election bid.

The Supreme Court is set to consider whether to take a case involving employment discrimination based on gender identity.

Just over a week before two states will be voting on referendums to legalize recreational marijuana, a new poll finds that two-thirds of Americans support legalization.

One month before voters in several states head to the polls to vote on legalization referendums, a new poll shows that public support for legalization remains at record high levels.

The Garden State has put a hold on marijuana prosecutions in anticipation of full legalization by the end of the year.

With the President set to announce his Supreme Court pick Monday evening, another name has entered the game.

With Justice Kennedy retiring, the new center of the Roberts Court is likely to be the Chief Justice himself.

In November, Michigan voters will be able to make their state the tenth state to legalize marijuana. This is just the latest step in what seems to be an irreversible trend.

A thoughtful liberal argues the Justice has “altered and destroyed his legacy” by allowing Donald Trump to appoint his successor.

After thirty years on the bench, during which he played a central role in some of the Supreme Court’s most significant rulings, Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring.

With one month to go in its term, there’s still a lot on the Supreme Court’s plate.

As we approach the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, a new poll finds that two-thirds of Americans support same-sex marriage.

A writer at National Review is proposing a compromise on the issue of transgender rights. Needless to say, many conservatives aren’t very happy about it.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization according to a new poll.

Leland Bohannon objects to same-sex marriage on religious grounds. What rights should he have to act on that belief?

Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.

What the heck is going on in Kentucky and Tennessee?

In May, Irish voters will vote on a referendum to remove the near-universal ban on abortion in the nation’s Constitution. And it looks as though it will pass.

Polling remains uncertain in the Alabama Senate race, but the odds favor Roy Moore.

The Supreme Court held oral argument in a case that pits First Amendment rights against the rights of LGBT Americans.

Roy Moore’s most die-hard defenders are living in a world of their own, and it’s unlikely they’ll change their minds.

Reversing an Obama Era position, the Justice Department has rescinded a legal interpretation that purported to apply previously adopted civil rights laws to transgender individuals.

One of the legal giants in the Federal Judiciary has retired from the bench.

President Trump’s effort to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military faces two new legal challenges.

Just about two weeks after being announced, the President’s proposed ban on military service by transgender troops is being challenged in Court.

A new study shows that Baby Boomers no longer account for the largest segment of voters in the United States.

Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.

On the second anniversary of its decision in Obergefell, the Supreme Court struck another blow in favor of LGBT rights.

The Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of a Colorado baker in a case that will determine if claims of religious liberty and free expression outweigh the application of generally applicable laws against discrimination.

With tomorrow marking the end of the Court’s current term, there’s speculation that we could see Justice Anthony Kennedy stepping down.

Two years after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling, nearly two-thirds of Americans support the idea of legal marriage rights for gay and lesbian Americans.

The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is hinting at a new Supreme Court vacancy this summer.

It looks like we won’t have Roy Moore to kick around anymore.

Once again, the GOP platform is turning into a surrender to social conservatives on issues such as same-sex marriage and transgender rights.

Mississippi tried to provide special protection to opponents of same-sex marriage and transgender rights. A Federal District Court Judge, properly, finds the law to be unconstitutional.

Depending on the outcome of the election, the Supreme Court’s just concluded term will most likely be remembered as the point at which the Court’s rightward tilt that began at the end of the Warren Court Era came to an end.

Nearly one year after the Supreme Court’s historic decision, public support for same-sex marriage continues to rise even among groups that were previously strongly opposed to it.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been removed from office again.