Outside the Beltway

Your phone won’t be beeping on Thursday after all.

A significant advance for LGBT rights in the world’s most populous democracy.

The noose around the Trump Administration just keeps getting tighter.

A Federal Judge in Oregon has rejected an efforts by a parent’s group to block a school district policy that allows transgender students to use the restroom facilities that conform to their gender identity.

Senate Democrats appear to be recognizing that there’s basically nothing they can do to stop the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Former Trump lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen is reportedly ready to tell investigators that the President is lying about his knowledge regarding the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer.

Some Democrats want to compel President Trump’s translator to testify about his private meeting with Vladimir Putin. That’s a bad idea.

The 34-year-old Facebook tycoon is now worth more than 87-year-old Warren Buffet.

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

The 100-mile Constitution-free zone strikes again.

In a case that pit the new rules of cyberspace against the old rules about when the Fourth Amendment protects privacy, the Supreme Court ruled today in a way that breathes new life into both privacy and the Fourth Amendment.

The Trump administration’s approach to immigrant children is a serious test of our national morality.

With two more weeks to go, there are plenty of “big” cases still awaiting the release of a decision.

The plagiarism case reported last May was resolved after ten months of aggravation for both sides.

Republicans are at least a bit more confident that they’ll hold on to the Senate this year.

The Republican Governor of Missouri is resigning amid growing accusations related to an extramarital affair, blackmail, and sexual assault.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that a police officer violated the Fourth Amendment when he conducted a search on a vehicle parked in a Defendant’s driveway without a search warrant.

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

American companies are struggling to comply with the EU’s new privacy regulation, with many outlets choosing to simply block access abroad.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has handed a significant legal victory to a student who sued their school district because they were barred form using the bathroom of the gender they identify with.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has released a treasure trove of documents related to the June 2016 meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer, and they raise far more questions than they answer.

The Supreme Court ruled that the mere fact that the driver of a rental car is not listed on the rental agreement is not sufficient to justify a warrantless search of the vehicle.

Enforcing our immigration and drug laws comes at the cost of fundamental rights.

A surprise announcement about the First Lady.

The prosecutor who came to national prominence jumping on the #MeToo bandwagon has now been run over by it.

Remember Donald Trump’s strange doctor? Well, things just got stranger;.

The Vice-President’s personal physician accused Ronny Jackson of misconduct back in September, according to new reports.

The Democratic National Committee has filed a lawsuit alleging a wide-ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. As a legal document, it appears to be little more than a political stunt.

A longtime “Hillary Beat” reporter ruminates on what she and her candidate could have done differently in 2016.

Mark Zuckerberg’s second day before Congress was somewhat more contentious than the first, but at the end of the day it’s still unclear that more regulation is the answer to the issues raised by recent Facebook “scandals.”

Not surprisingly, a joint Senate Committee failed to really lay a glove on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at yesterday’s hearing.

Late last week, Hawaii became the seventh state and eighth major American jurisdiction to legalize assisted suicide.

Yet more troubling news about the proposed citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The ‘permanent record’ of yesteryear is now real. Should there be limitations?

The Supreme Court appears ready to strike down a California law requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to provide information on abortion.

Another Federal Court has ruled in favor of a student seeking to use the restroom facilities that correspond with their gender identity.

Nine years later, at least one member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is admitting what seemed at the time a rather obvious fact.

In 2017, there were ten Saudis on Forbes’ billionaires list. This year, there are none.

The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether an American company can be required to turn over data stored on servers located overseas.

The Department of Education announced yesterday that it will no longer investigate civil rights complaints from transgender students regarding bathroom access in public schools.

A confusing new report from the Washington Post.

Senator Mark Warner, Vice-Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, says, “We Need Revolution, Not Just Evolution” in Security Clearances.”

Who needs a First Amendment when you have lawyers willing to write threatening letters?

President Trump has shut down the commission he established to investigate unsupported claims of “voter fraud” in the 2016 election.

An increasing number of businesses are refusing to accept cash as payment, that raises some interesting social and legal issues.

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

Senator Al Franken faces new charges of sexually inappropriate conduct on the same day that House Democrats are beginning to pressure one of their members to resign.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in what could end up being a landmark case on the issue of the scope of Fourth Amendment rights in the 21st Century.

What could possibly go wrong?

The Las Vegas shooting provides a good opportunity to enact a common sense gun control law that even Second Amendment advocates agree is called for.