Outside the Beltway

Many of America’s top law firms have declined to accept cases defending bans on same-sex marriage, and that’s okay.

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

A new poll suggests that the American public does not support laws that give religious exemptions to businesses that want to discriminate based on sexual orientation.

An unsurprising outcome as we approach the second anniversary of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.

Thanks to one civilian with a camera, a police officer is facing charges in what appears to clearly be an improper shooting.

A bill pending in Louisiana seems likely to become the next national focus in the debate between marriage equality and claims of ‘religious freedom.’

A review of Rolling Stone’s now discredited report of a sexual assault at the University of Virginia reveals a shocking failure of journalistic ethics.

Another case of teenagers ‘sexting,’ another dumb overreaction by law enforcement.

A federal judge has ordered the people of California to foot the $100,000 bill for sexual reassignment surgery for someone serving a life sentence for murder.

Indiana’s RFRA will be amended to address most of the concerns of its opponents. That counts as a victory.

As expected, New Jersey’s senior Senator has been indicted.

The Justice Department will not pursue contempt charges against Lois Lerner because it has determined that she did not waive her rights under the Fifth Amendment.

A tale of Kafkaesque torture by Comcast Customer Service reveals that the person who really made the mistakes here was the homeowner.

We’re down to debating whether bigots should have to sell cakes to gay people.

Arkansas, North Carolina, and Virginia may soon see the same battle over RFRA laws that is playing itself out in Indiana

Kentucky has offered the Supreme Court a defense of its ban on same-sex marriage that seems laughable.

The devil is in the details of what the legislature passes, but Indiana’s Governor has essentially conceded defeat in the battle over his state’s controversial new “religious freedom” law.

The Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of three students disciplined for wearing American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo

Bowe Bergdahl will face charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, and the White House’s narrative about this release lies in tatters.

Indiana is about to become the latest state to grants special rights to religious business owners.

Just in case there’s any question, yes, Ted Cruz is Constitutionally eligible to serve as President.

Freedom of speech means freedom for all speech, even when it is racially offensive.

Sadly whenever Alabama is first at something (save perhaps in football) it is never for something good.

A powerful Democratic Senator looks like he’s about to be in a whole lot of trouble.

A new Justice Department report has found widespread racial bias in the Ferguson Police Department, but it’s a problem that goes far beyond one Missouri suburb.

Once again, the Supreme Court appears to be sharply divided on the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

Unsurprisingly, Darren Wilson will not face federal charges in connection with the shooting of Michael Brown.

The most widely honored General from the Iraq and Afghanistan War has plead guilty to sharing classified information with his mistress.

The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down state laws that take redistricting completely out of the hands of state legislatures.

A fishy tale from the Supreme Court that may give us a clue about bigger cases to come.

Nearly three years to the day after it started, the George Zimmerman case is essentially over.

A Federal Judge has issued a temporary halt to the Obama Administration’s deferred deportation program, but appeals can be expected.

Reflecting a growing national trend away from the barbarity of capital punishment, the Governor of Pennsylvania has imposed a moratorium on executions in the Keystone State.

Yet another attack on religious freedom in Europe.

Justice Ginsburg acknowledges the fact that, over the past nineteen years, same-sex marriage has gone from something that most Americans oppose to something that most Americans are willing to accept.

By refusing to stay the legalization of same-sex marriage in Alabama, the Supreme Court has sent the strongest signal yet that it is ready to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

In the end, there is no difference between Roy Moore resisting a Federal Court Order related to same-sex marriage and George Wallace’s efforts to block desegregation.

The same-sex marriage battle is on in Alabama

Roy Moore is at it again.

Get ready for another pointless House lawsuit against the President.

Reports indicate that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is likely to be charged with desertion for leaving his post in 2009, but he’s unlikely to serve time in prison.

For some reason, Republicans want to change filibuster rules even though it’s unclear that they’ll still hold the Senate after 2016.

Not surprisingly, the Federal investigation of the Michael Brown shooting is ending much like the state investigation did.

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

A victory for evil.

A former Democratic state legislator in Virginia was re-elected last night despite the fact that he’s in jail.