Outside the Beltway

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that public sector unions cannot force employees to pay membership fees.

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

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

Three Executive Orders signed ahead of the Memorial Day holiday has government employees scrambling.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that could prove crippling to public employee unions across the nation.

In its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will hear a case that is likely to have a significant impact on the powers of public-sector unions.

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.

Thanks to an equally divided Supreme Court, public employee unions won a case they most likely would have lost had Justice Scalia lived.

After oral argument today in a high profile case, it appears likely that public employee unions are likely to suffer a major legal defeat later this year.

The Obama Administration is asking the Supreme Court to review a ruling that kept a hold on last year’s immigration execution action in place.

The marriage equality issue is resolved, but that doesn’t mean the Supreme Court won’t have a lot of high profile cases on its docket over the next eight months.

Once a candidate that many believed could become the Republican nominee, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is dropping out of the race for President.

Scott Walker used to have a commanding lead in Iowa, now he’s in 7th place. That’s just another sign of the troubles facing his campaign.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has formally entered the race for President, but can he overcome his flip-flops and a turn to the hard right?

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will be entering the race for President later this month, but it’s unclear if his recent turn to the hard right will help him or hurt him.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major case about public employee unions that could go a long way toward restraining their power.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s doing quite well in Iowa anyway.

Scott Walker surged to the top of a new poll of Iowa Republicans, but Iowa is not a very good predictor of success in the race for the GOP nomination.

The Supreme Court has limited the ability of public employee unions to force people to join their ranks.

In a move that was perhaps inevitable, the City of Detroit has filed for Bankruptcy Court protection.

Scott Walker could be the GOP’s surprise candidate in 2016.

The battle over Wisconsin’s public sector union reform continues.

If not Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden, who might the Democrats have to choose from in 2016?

A contentious political battle that has lasted a year has come to an end.

Barring an upset, Scott Walker looks likely to survive his recall election tomorrow.

Yesterday, Cory Booker committed the rookie mistake of saying what was on his mind.

Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a Republican law restricting the collective bargaining rights of public employees–and also rebuked the health insurance mandate central to ObamaCare.

Judging them by their own manifesto, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are pretty silly people.

The passage of a new same-sex marriage law has Democrats talking about Andrew Cuomo.

The Bring Out Your Dead Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The Democrats appear ready to come home (or, as per the update, maybe not).

As the standoff in Wisconsin drags on, there is no sign that the public accepts the argument being made about public sector unions by Governor Scott Walker and other Republicans.

Why can’t the Wisconsin Stand-off end in compromise?

Labor and management are not simply adversaries at the negotiating table; they represent two very different cultures, if not social classes.

Scott Walker’s attempt to crush the Wisconsin public employee unions may be the first wave in a fight to elect Republican governors in 2012.

A new national poll suggests that moves to restrict the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions are not popular with the public at large:

The average federal government employee earns twice as much as the average private sector worker. An outrage? Not so much.