Outside the Beltway

Finally.

A Federal Appeals Court recently found that chalking the tires of a car parked in a public place is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. It’s not at all clear that this decision is correct.

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in a case involving a World War I Memorial in the form of a cross on public land in Suburban Maryland.

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

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.

The battle over Confederate statues that was resurrected by the violence in Charlottesville is off the front pages, but that doesn’t mean it’s over quite yet.

Bernie Sanders was more aggressive in last night’s debate than he has been in the past, but it’s likely too little, too late.

A big loss for the Tea Party, and a big win for Mitch McConnell,

The Tea Party challenge to Mitch McConnell has not exactly gone as planned.

The Tea Party hit another new polling low, but that really shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

The federal government lost $10.5 billion on the GM bailout. Was this a good investment?

The House wasted a day yesterday, now it’s crunch time.

The “Hastert Rule” isn’t the reason Speaker Boehner isn’t bringing a “clean” CR up for a vote, political survival is.

There seems to be an effort underway to reassess the legacy of our 43rd President.

The Boston Marathon bomber must be tried in a court of law.

For its 60th anniversary, Chevrolet has redesigned the Corvette for 2014. It looks surprisingly like a Corvette.

A graph on public debt making the rounds is being used to misdirect rather than clarify.

Think the auto bailout was a success? Think again.

There’s little evidence that Vice-Presidential picks have as big an impact on elections as pundits seem to think.