Outside the Beltway

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

Another Federal District Court ruling on the Constitutionality of the NSA’s data mining program, this time more favorable to the NSA.

Same-sex marriage remains the law of the land in one of the most conservative states in the nation, at least unless the Supreme Court says otherwise.

A man dressed as Santa was shot in the back with a pellet gun while handing out presents to underprivileged children in Southeast DC. Naturally.

A Montana man has been ordered to write “Boys do not hit girls” 5000 times after a brutal assault against his girlfriend.

In a new interview, Edward Snowden explains his motives for absconding from the country with NSA secrets.

A limited ruling out of Ohio with wide ranging implications.

There’s a potentially fatal legal argument looming out there for the PPACA.

A victory for same-sex marriage in an unlikely place.

Once again, the Administration has unilaterally changed the Affordable Care Act.

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

Does a determination that NSA data collection practices are likely unconstitutional mean that Edward Snowden’s actions were, in some sense, justified?

A potentially big legal setback for a big National Security Agency program.

An example of how copyright laws have been perverted to protect corporate interests rather than encourage artistic creativity.

For veterans who get in trouble with the law, *when* they commit a crime can have profound implications on their future. Does this make sense?

Politics aside, the challenges to the PPACA’s birth control mandate raise important legal issues.

The Justice Department is reportedly not planning to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in connection with the Bradley Manning case.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of cases that implicates both the First Amendment and two Federal Laws.

It wasn’t a Thermonuclear move, more like something the size of Hiroshima, but today the Senate took an historic move nonetheless.

After the GOP blocked a series of Obama judicial nominees, Democrats are again threatening to go nuclear on filibuster reform.

The perfect defense?

An unusual challenge to the NSA’s data mining program reaches its expected end in the Supreme Court.

The Imperial Presidency didn’t start with Barack Obama, but his PPACA “fix” does much to expand it into questionable new territory.

The That’s No Moon Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed the Senate yesterday but it’s unlikely to go much further.

Do prayers opening legislative sessions violate the First Amendment? The Supreme Court is set to decide that issue.

The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.

Legislation to ban discrimination in employment against gays and lesbians is set to make major gains in the Senate.

Another Federal Court has declared the PPACA’s contraceptive coverage mandate to be unconstitutional.

For some same-sex couples with a military spouse, living together on base is proving difficult to implement quickly.