Outside the Beltway

Going back to the very beginning can be useful.

Evidence that George Zimmerman acted out of racial bias is completely lacking, which means the Federal Government should stay out of this case entirely.

Thoughts on the Zimmerman verdict (or, more accurately, to reactions to the verdict).

There are many fallacies contained within the GOP’s insistence that immigration reform must begin and end with “border security.”

President Obama is rightly outraged by a wave of sexual assaults in the military. He unwittingly made them harder to prosecute.

George Zimmerman was acquitted on all charges by a Florida jury late Saturday night.

If you’re too sexy for your job in Iowa, your boss may be able to fire you.

Certain aspects of Egyptian civic life have improved rapidly in the wake of the military coup, raising at least some questions about the events leading up to it.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

The paramilitarization of American law enforcement has had deadly consequences.

A privacy rights group has filed a Petition with the Supreme Court regarding recent actions by the FISA Court.

Shocking news out of California.

Chief Justice Roberts is the only person who gets to say who sits on the FISA Court.

Richard Calderoni was arrested after acting like a jerk on an airplane.

Don’t blame “secret courts” for the government’s expanded spying on American citizens and allies.

A case from Nevada provides another example of police abuse, and a possible claim arising under the long-forgotten Third Amendment.

if reports are to be believed, there is a coup d’etat underway in Egypt.

Not surprisingly, Lois Lerner’s attorney is saying his client will only testify under a grant of immunity.

The future legal impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage was on full display in two cases out of Michigan.

People are looking to New Jersey as the next same-sex marriage battleground, but it’s not going to be an easy fight.

Lois Lerner is likely headed back to Congress over the largely phony charge that she waived her Fifth Amendment rights.

An employer has scored a major victory in its fight against Obamacare’s contraceptive coverage mandate.

The Supreme Court’s handling of standing in the two same-sex marriage cases likely seems contradictory to many outside observers.

The conviction of Marine Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins III for war crimes in 2006 has been overturned.

The Court may have “punted” the Proposition 8 ruling, but it is likely to have a wide-ranging impact both in California and nationwide.

The 5-4 ruling was much more sweeping than needed to strike down DOMA.

On the whole, a complete victory for advocates of same-sex marriage today at the Supreme Court.

Effective immediately, Texans will have to show photo identification to vote.

The Supreme Court today struck down the most controversial part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

A major Constitutional ruling from the Supreme Court.

The very definition of a miscarriage of justice.