Outside the Beltway

The US Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the U.S. Constitution contains a right to same-sex marriage.

As Governor Haley pushes the South Carolina legislature to take the Confederate Flag down, the movement moves beyond the Palmetto State.

With notable exceptions, most of the Republican candidates for President are refusing to take a stand on the propriety of South Carolina flying the Confederate Flag. That’s called cowardice.

A black leader is running a billboard campaign to improve his community. Racism ensues.

House Republicans are set to vote on a bill banning abortion in almost all cases after twenty weeks. What they can’t do is explain where the Constitution gives Congress the power to do this.

Two Republican candidates for President say that Republican elected officials should simply ignore the Supreme Court if it strikes down bans on same-sex marriage.

Tomorrow promises to be an historic day at the Supreme Court, but it’s been a long legal, political, and social battle.

Ben Carson will be entering the race for President next month, but don’t pretend for a minute that he’s a serious candidate.

Legislators in Tennessee have taken the “gun rights” argument further than it was ever intended to go.

The Republican frontrunner claims he doesn’t read America’s most important newspaper.

The two decade long argument over same-sex marriage appears headed for its final legal showdown.

Even with a House and Senate majority, the GOP is unlikely to get what it wants in its current immigration battle with the President.

Shortly after the new year, we could know whether or not the Supreme Court will issue a definitive ruling on same-sex marriage by the end of June.

As expected, the Senate passed the so-called “Cromnibus,” but not before a self-aggrandizing maneuver by Ted Cruz ended up being exploited by Democrats to pass outstanding nominations.

While conservatives have been generally as appalled as others with the news out of Staten Island, some of them are looking in the wrong place for blame.

Based on the available evidence, there’s very little evidence that Voter ID laws had a significant impact on the midterm elections.

The process that seems likely to lead to a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage has begun.

A popular idea that does nothing useful while simultaneously violating the Constitution.

The GOP is dominant in the Southern United States, but it’s unlikely to last as long as Democratic dominance of the region did.

An unsurprising ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that only seems to bring closer the day when same-sex marriage will be legal nationwide.

Another setback for the radical fringe of the “pro-life” movement,

The death of the Tea Party is greatly exaggerated.

Justice Ginsburg had some interesting things to say about the same-sex marriage cases headed to the Supreme Court.

There is a good possibility that Darren Wilson could be acquitted in the shooting of Michael Brown.. Are the protesters ready to accept that reality?

A trial court judge in Tennessee is the first jurist since the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Windsor to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage

Could John Hinckley, Jr. face murder charges 30 years after his attempted assassination of President Reagan?

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

The Tea Party v. “establishment” battle in the GOP has been pretty one-sided this year.

Another Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in on the marriage equality debate.

It appears that the GOP still has a problem communicating with women.

The Supreme Court’s next term doesn’t start for three months, but it’s becoming clear that the Justices will have to deal with marriage equality when it does.

Mississippi goes from bizarre to, well, even more bizarre.

One of Washington’s giants has passed away.

After appearing to be at the end of his political career, Thad Cochran has pulled off a surprising victory over his Tea Party backed challenger.

It is now illegal to teach creationism as science in the United Kingdom in any school, public or private, that receives public funding.

Lawmakers and journalists don’t understand the civil service.

There aren’t nearly as many “meta” lessons in Eric Cantor’s loss as pundits have been claiming.

Down to the wire in Mississippi.

A victory for Federalism and sanity in the War On Drugs.

Who do the Democrats have to take Joe Biden’s place?

Tennessee makes an unfortunate return to the past.

The Mason-Dixon Line says it starts in Maryland, but that no longer seems to be the case.

Despite the fact that she asserted her right against self-incrimination, a House Committee has voted to hold Lois Lerner in contempt for refusing to testify.