Outside the Beltway

Presenting photo identification is not an onerous requirement for voting. But there’s next to zero evidence that fraud is a problem.

The Federal Government has filed its response to Virginia’s request for an expedited review of Virginia v. Sebelius, and they’ve got an compelling argument against rushing things.

Pfc. Bradley Manning is being treated worse than a Prisoner Of War, and he hasn’t been convicted of a crime yet.

The last American veteran of a conflict which ended nearly a century ago has died.

A new set of polls from Gallup show that President Obama is still looking good for re-election.

Huge news in the marriage equality debate today as the Obama Administration has decided not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court anymore.

A commenter asks, “Why does Wisconsin have a quorum rule if not for situations like this?”

A county in the far southwest corner of Virginia is the latest battle ground in the ongoing battle over the separation of church and state.

House Democrats are calling on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any litigation regarding the Affordable Care Act. It’s a phony argument, but that’s because it has everything to do with politics and nothing to do with legal ethics.

Four Senators who just happen to be up for re-election next year are silently looking for alternatives to the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.

Yet another study finds conservatives wildly underrepresented in higher education.

Taking a dive into Mark Levin’s view of Federalism.

How do the DC suburbs of Maryland and Virginia compare?

Examining Levin’s examination of the Constitution, jurisprudence, and property rights.

Virginia Thomas’s political activism is once again a political issue.

Virginia will petition the Supreme Court to bypass the normal appellate process and hear the appeal of its lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act early.

Arizona looks to be the latest state to try to revive the discredited doctrine of nullification.

A second Federal District Court judge has declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.

Clarence Thomas has amended 13 years’ worth of disclosure reports.

The home mortgage interest deduction benefits Democrat-voting states most! Is the fix in?

Republicans in Idaho are talking about resurrecting the foolish and discredited idea of nullification as a weapon in the fight against ObamaCare.

A new study casts new light on the importance of testing students to reinforce their grasp of information.

The Republican Study Committee has come up with some significant budget cuts.

An obscure Arizona law has raised questions over whether Congressman Gabrielle Giffords could lose her seat if she is disabled for an extended period.

George Allen is running for his old Senate seat.

150 years ago, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln was presented with a chance to avert Civil War. He passed it up, and we should be glad that he did.

It’s Lee-Jackson Day again in Virginia, and, once again, I find myself wondering why the South continues to honor a dishonorable legacy.

Jared Loughner could have possibly been stopped, and treated, if someone had said something.

There’s a lesson to be drawn from the tragedy in Arizona, but it isn’t the one the media is talking about.

We have laws preventing the sales of gun to crazy people. We’re not enforcing them very well.

Getting an American passport will set you back around $230. Is that reasonable?

Some people in the D.C. area are worried that the Federal spending gravy train may be coming to an end. They should be.

208 years ago today, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to The Danbury Baptist Association that has resonated through the years.

Aaron Tobey stripped to his underdrawers in a Richmond, Virginia airport in support of the 4th Amendment.

Cory Booker, Michael Bloomberg, and Chris Christie have been in the news this week due to the political fallout over their handling of the East Coast blizzard.