Outside the Beltway

This is just playing crass political games with human beings.

Is it possible, or even appropriate, to express pride in a country that is being led by a President who stands against everything this country stands for?

President Trump’s opening rally of the 2020 campaign sounded an awful lot like a rally from 2016

Other than confirming a lot of Trump Judges, the Senate has not been getting much work done so far this year.

Trump and company have a cartoonish view of immigration policy.

Stephen Miller and others wanted to punish Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats by dumping detained migrants in their districts.

It’s been a rough two years under Trump, but America’s institutions are surviving.

A second Federal Judge has found that the Commerce Department violated the law when it moved to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census form.

President Trump appears to be backing away from the idea of declaring a national emergency to get his wall built. But the other options he’s considering aren’t much better.

A Federal Judge has ruled that the Trump Administration’s efforts to limit the ability of migrants to claim asylum violates Federal law.

The Trump Administration’s war on so-called “Sanctuary Cities” suffers yet another defeat in Court.

Trumpism is a direct by-product of the poisonous populism of the Tea Party movement, and they’ve both taken over the Republican Party.

Donald Trump spent part of Labor Day engaged in yet another unhinged attack on his own Justice Department.

Once again, the President has thrown the Rule of Law under the bus.

A Federal Appeals Court has found that a Trump Administration policy purporting to punish so-called sanctuary cities is unconstitutional.

A Federal Judge in California has largely rejected a Trump Administration challenge to a series of new laws in California designed to protect so-called “sanctuary cities.”

Recent polling finds that Americans aren’t feeling quite so patriotic right now. It’s understandable, but we shouldn’t give up hope.

The White House is hoping for a relatively quick turnaround time to pick a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy.

Donald Trump continues to demonstrate that he has nothing but utter contempt for the Rule of Law. At some point, he will either be called to account for this or our nation’s institutions will suffer as a result.

The President continues to enjoy enthusiastic support from the over-65 set.

Another Federal Judge has held that the Trump Administration’s efforts to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ violates both Federal law and the Constitution.

Donald Trump may or may not be racist himself, but he has most certainly exploited and helped widen racial divisions ever since bursting on the political scene in 2015.

A big win for Federalism and common sense at the Supreme Court.

Instead of attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner last night, Donald Trump took his show on the road where he continued his long-standing attacks on the press. Unfortunately, it’s a message that resonates with his supporters.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a Trump Administration Order that purported to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities.’