Outside the Beltway

The Trump administration treats personally disfavored American institutions the way past administrations treated foreign adversaries. His goal is political submission.

Fifth Amendment edition.

The new EPA.

Salting the earth and breaking the law.

It made history in many ways.

This should be unacceptable, yet here we are.

An evil genius controls the key levers of government.

The courts will decide whether we have a President or a King.

Legions of unpaid drones . . . ? . . . budget cuts.

The data are clear (and the predictions were correct).

First there was the Department of Redundancy Department. Now for something completely different.

Some comparative data.

Putting down markers for future reference.

Closing the barn door after the horse has left.

Some direct evidence of the effects.

I guess he is unaware of the concept of a “self-own”?

Going electric may require reversing a decades-long trend.

Why the rent is too damn high.

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

Cruel punishment is not unusual.

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

A reasonable ruling clarifying a poorly-written prior opinion.

Progressive activists are preparing to “democracy-proof” the country.

He’s ratcheted up what Trump started but also shifted focus.

A massive change to the business environment — if it survives judicial scrutiny.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

It is a bit of a mess.

The GOP caught the car and now doesn’t know what to do.

A well-intentioned but likely doomed effort.

A new report puts the conversation in a different light.

A growing scourge may be next to impossible to stop.

Cost cutting and the decline of venerable brands.

The sad joke continues.

A small but positive step.

A bureaucratic nightmare.

Why it’s inevitable and what it means.

We need reform.

A tale of slow-moving bureaucracy.

Helping the victims of degree mills.

A decision that makes no obvious sense.

It’s Nixon’s fault?

The oldest state institutions of higher education are spending money to make money.

The state has banned the teaching of science in science classes.

Another entry into the ongoing performative politics of Ron DeSantis.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are happy. But one man is.

A 5-4 ruling overturns a unanimous decision from 1985.

Who knew they got cell reception?

The personnel bureaucracy reinterpreted regulations.