Outside the Beltway

Call-out culture has become a circular firing squad.

The justices declined to review a bizarre 4th Circuit decision.

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

A columnist argues his failed launch was emblematic of a larger problem.

When prejudice overrides simple humanity.

A sensible compromise on a controversial issue.

A format unchanged since the Ford Administration* doesn’t suit the modern era.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

The apparently eminent demise of abortion rights has reignited an old debate.

An ugly situation that’s getting uglier.

With an appearance by Caitlyn Jenner’s choice of party.

The hidden wokeness of our new Critical Theory-loving President.

Amending the Constitutional through unconstitutional means is a very bad idea.

A fundamental building block of our system makes it nearly impossible to fix.

Legitimacy hangs in the balance.

A custody case out of Texas raises issues about how to react to and treat a child who identifies as a gender different from their biological sex.

A defense of a modest philosophy of judicial interpretation.

A Federal Court has ruled once again in favor of a transgender student in Virginia who was prevented from using the bathroom conforming to their gender identity.

Another poll is out showing that Americans overwhelmingly oppose the President’s decision to ban transgender troops from serving in the military.

A new poll finds increasing support for transgender rights, even among Republicans.

The State Department has barred American Embassies from flying the Pride Flag during Pride Month as has been the custom for several years.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans support equal rights for transgender Americans, with only Republicans disagreeing with that position.

The Supreme Court let a ruling against students opposed to a school district policy allowing transgender students to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity stand.

The 2020 debate on Twitter does not represent ordinary Americans. Does that matter?

Tennis great Martina Navratilova is facing criticism for raising questions about how sports handles the issue of transgender athletes competing within the gender they identify with. She shouldn’t be.

In what amounts to a setback, the Supreme Court has lifted an injunction barring the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender service in the military to go forward pending further legal proceedings.

The Trump Administration is attempting to bypass the Circuit Courts of Appeal and get immediate Supreme Court review of the President’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the military.

The Trump Administration is preparing a policy change that will essentially define transgender Americans out of existence.

Another Federal Judge has ruled in favor of a transgender student seeking the right to use the gender that conforms to the gender they identify with.

A Federal Judge in Oregon has rejected an efforts by a parent’s group to block a school district policy that allows transgender students to use the restroom facilities that conform to their gender identity.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has handed a significant legal victory to a student who sued their school district because they were barred form using the bathroom of the gender they identify with.

A writer at National Review is proposing a compromise on the issue of transgender rights. Needless to say, many conservatives aren’t very happy about it.

A Federal Judge has struck down the revised version of the ban on transgender members of the military from serving openly, and the ruling has significance that goes well beyond the issue at hand.

A Federal Judge in Texas has ruled that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is barred by Federal Law. Legally speaking, this is a tenuous argument at best.

The President’s new attempt to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military is as legally defective as the original ban was.

Another Federal Court has ruled in favor of a student seeking to use the restroom facilities that correspond with their gender identity.

The Defense Department will reportedly recommend to President Trump that transgender members of the service currently serving in the military be allowed to continue serving.

The Department of Education announced yesterday that it will no longer investigate civil rights complaints from transgender students regarding bathroom access in public schools.

For the second time in as many months, a Federal Court is blocking the Administration’s ban on transgender troops in the military.

Reversing an Obama Era position, the Justice Department has rescinded a legal interpretation that purported to apply previously adopted civil rights laws to transgender individuals.

Contrary to reports, Secretary of Defense Mattis is not defying the President on his order to bar transgender Americans from serving in the military.

President Trump’s effort to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military faces two new legal challenges.

President Trump’s shameful decision to ban transgender Americans from the military has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with pandering to his far-right base.

The Trump Administration has reportedly finalized its order to the Defense Department regarding a ban on military service by transgender soldiers.

A Federal appellate court has ruled that a transgender student must be allowed to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity.

The Supreme Court has decided to return the case involving a transgender student’s right to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity to the Fourth Circuit rather than deciding it during this term.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration has revoked guidelines to public schools that required accommodation of transgender students.