Outside the Beltway

A mixed ruling: New York wins, Congress loses–but no release before the election.

A researcher has documented 66 separate incidents since May 27.

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

A marked rise in shooting deaths is going largely unnoticed.

A controversial monument in Little Italy has been destroyed.

Leadership matters (as does culture).

A seemingly obvious result that isn’t.

Is the Chief Justice laying a trap or simply ‘calling balls and strikes’?

A reprise of an almost identical case with a different group of Justices–and the Chief Justice switching sides.

Whether the 26th Amendment precludes giving preferential treatment to the elderly will have to wait for another day.

A 7-2 decision by the highest court in the land is less decisive than the numbers suggest.

A reckoning for 2500 Kosovar Serb civilians who were slaughtered is at hand.

For the second time, the chief federal prosecutor for Manhattan has been fired.

Donald Trump would be a more effective and dangerous President if he and his team were more competent.

A too-long discourse on how courts should function.

The 6-3 opinion written by Justice Gorsuch and joined by Chief Justice Roberts defies conventional wisdom.

As the President becomes less popular, there are signs he’s losing support from his co-partisans in Congress.

Decades of reform efforts have failed. Is it time for a radical solution?

Not that one. The other one.

The preliminary hearing revealed a damning case against the shooter of a young black man.

Balancing social justice and criminal justice in a politically charged environment.

The system makes it next to impossible to punish bad cops.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

How to translate understandable frustration at injustice into tangible reform?

The mayhem surrounding the demonstrations is drawing attention away from the grievance behind them.

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

The contrast could not be more clear.

If the goal is to change politics, not just vent frustration, messaging is important.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

The President has reportedly invoked the Insurrection Act.

A stroll down memory lane.

The wheels of justice ran more swiftly than usual.

The President is sending a terrible message.

The President has been Twitter on their own platform. Now, he’s following through.

Are those who die in our wars more deserving than those who die in our stores?

Likely the right outcome but I wish I political motivation weren’t the default presumption.

The Barr DOJ’s attempt to retcon the Flynn case has created a major problem for Flynn.

A bizarre twist to a tragic story.

A look at the employment records of one of the men involved in the Ahmaud Arbery shooting.

Pandemonium during a pandemic.

SCOTUS and “faithless electors.”

We now have more context but not more relevant facts.

A seemingly innocent black man has been killed, sparking a wave of outrage.

And a broader discussion of the ongoing Tara Reade story.

An 8-1 rebuke from the nation’s highest court.

The state is voting during the high point of a global pandemic because Republicans forced it.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

How do we balance societal and individual rights during a pandemic?