Outside the Beltway

Rand Paul’s filibuster is one that all American’s should thank him for that.

The Obama Administration has weighed in on the Supreme Court’s other high profile same-sex marriage case.

Ramesh Ponnuru considers “The Disgusting Consequences of Plastic-Bag Bans.”

The Obama Administration has given us a peek at its legal arguments for targeted killings and they are troubling to say the least.

When someone kills himself after being bullied, we rightly condemn the bully. Should we condemn his victim, too?

Once again, the filibuster survives. Nobody should be surprised.

Six weeks ago, we held a non-binding referendum asking Americans who they’d like for president. Yesterday, the real election was held.

Harry Reid appears to be short of the votes he needs to enact filibuster reform.

There’s been a bit of buzz of late about the fact that people in several states have filed petitions to secede from the Union. There shouldn’t be.

Once again, Senate Democrats are talking about filibuster reform, but will they actually follow through?

The Democratic Party appears to have a lock on a substantial part of the Electoral College. That poses a problem for Republicans.

Two states have legalized marijuana, but before you light up you should know that there are some complications.

Voters in four states endorsed marriage equality yesterday.

The 2012 Election promises to be close in the Popular Voter, but President Obama still retains an Electoral College advantage.

The OTB gang give their best guess at the outcome of the 2012 presidential contest.

Making note of some of the predictions and such as we approach November 6th.

David Brooks tries to “describe what being a moderate means” in a way that most Americans would find puzzling.

A Bangladeshi man was arrested yesterday in New York for an apparent plot to bomb Federal Buildings. The entire plot was an FBI sting operation.

The Pew poll is no longer an outlier but the start of a trend.

Just as we saw in 2008, the conservative base doesn’t want to hear their nominee saying that the President is a basically decent man.

An important ruling on the Obama Administration’s contraceptive coverage mandate from a Judge in Colorado.

Major metropolitan areas are routinely shut down for presidential fundraisers.

Don’t look for an effort to enact new gun laws in the wake of the Aurora shootings.

The NCAA more than lived up to the hype of “unprecedented” sanctions.

The Catholic Church has fired a legal shot across the bow of the Affordable Care Act.

A Federal Court rejects an effort to significantly expand the application of a law designed to target computer hacking.

Shockingly, the “Springfield” in the long-running sittcom “The Simpsons” is Springfield, Oregon, near where creator Matt Groening grew up.

There will be no more GOP candidate debates. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

Worried the GOP might eliminate the filibuster if they gain control of the Senate? Don’t be.

Things aren’t all sunshine and roses for the Obama 2012 campaign.

There’s no perfect system for choosing a champion but we can do better than this.

Let’s ban robocalls.

Newt Gingrich last night declared that he would abolish the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The most disturbing part of Saturday’s debate came when most of the GOP candidates endorsed torture.

When the FBI essentially creates a terrorist in order to arrest him, have we really accomplished anything?

The FBI has been using some odd materials to train its counterterrorism agents.

Top Democrats are starting to voice public concerns about 2012.

51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.