Outside the Beltway

We need to be focused on the system, not fantasies about messages and organization.

SCOTUS appears ready to supercharge gerrymandering.

The term which kicked off this week wil decide whether we effectively have a king.

The reality is, I can’t say no.

The disconnect between perception and reality about elections.

Was Marbury v. Madison a mistake?

A surreal Democratic National Convention.

All of the legal remedies are impossible.

I know it when I see it.

Legislature poised to approve new districts that appear to violate a federal court order.

The process that could chance Alabama’s congressional delegation begins.

Remembering the past; living the future.

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

The New York Times looks into ties between a DC area law school and the Supreme Court.

DC has radically expanded its electorate.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

Georgia Republicans didn’t violate the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act.

Focusing just on a given election is missing the big picture.

They’re taking their eye off the ball.

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

A Black columnist argues that Will Smith set back a whole race.

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

It doesn’t add up.

It’s not compelling.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

The erosion of representativeness continues.

A completely unsurprising 6-3 decision.

Kinda, sorta, maybe, but probably not really.

You know, some light weekend thoughts.

Or, at least, he’s willing to kill democracy in order to save it.

Any “fair” drawing of districts will yield a GOP advantage over time.

At high noon.

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

A defensible distinction could give way to a Constitutional crisis.

The legendary Georgetown basketball coach is gone.

A civil rights legend has passed.

The evidence is clear. Injustice feeds rage and rage sometimes boils over.

The legal and political showdown between Congress and the White House has entered into a new stage.

Republican Bill Lee is coming under fire for continuing an annual tradition.

After a year of fighting, the Administration has given up on its effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The Trump Administration has informed Federal District Court Judges in Maryland and New York that it intends to still try to justify putting a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

A day after appearing to have conceded the issue, the Trump Administration says it is still looking for a way to include a citizenship question on the ballot.

In the wake of an adverse Supreme Court ruling, the Trump Administration has decided not to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

The Trump Administration has officially conceded to the rule of law.

In a clear defeat for the Trump Administration, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that the Federal Government could not ask about citizenship on the 2020 Census.

In a significant setback for challenges to partisan gerrymandering, the Supreme Court has effectively ruled that Federal Courts do not have jurisdiction to hear challenges to redistricting based on partisan motivations.

Democrats clashed, to some degree, in last night’s inaugural debate of the 2020 season but they clearly agreed far more than they disagreed.

Starting tomorrow, we should be getting some headline-grabbing opinions from the Supreme Court.