Outside the Beltway

A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.

One Congressman apparently thinks that asserting your Constitutional rights should be grounds for losing a government job.

The Supreme Court’s decision on Affirmative Action in education didn’t go as far as many thought it would, but it’s future in the near-term seems fairly clear.

The Supreme Court accepts what will likely be one of the most important cases of its upcoming term.

Despite an extradition request from the United States, Edward Snowden left Hong Kong overnight on a flight to Moscow and parts unknown.

A major evidentiary ruling on the eve of the George Zimmerman murder trial.

Even the national sport is arousing the anger of the protesters in Brazil.

NSA Metadata coming to a courtroom near you?

Not surprisingly, Edward Snowden has been formally charged in connection with the leak of classified NSA documents.

Edward Snowden has likely violated many laws, but, absent additional facts, treason is not one of them.

Opponents of immigration reform are using “border security” as a shield to hide their true desire to kill the very idea of immigration reform.

Thanks to one question from one Senator, we learned yesterday that the FBI has used surveillance drones inside the United States.

An absolutely ridiculous criminal case out of West Virginia.

Radical Islamists now dominate the Syrian opposition. And you’re arming them.

What possible value would it have almost four decades after the fact that justifies expending not inconsiderable taxpayer resources?

Yesterday, the Supreme Court narrowly decided a case on the right against self-incrimination that is likely to do great harm to individual rights.

Today’s decision by the Supreme Court was, on the surface, a victory for Federal Supremacy, but the issue itself is far from resolved.

Public trust in the news media, along with many other institutions, continues to fall. That’s troublesome for many reasons.

A song written when Grover Cleveland was President is still protected by Copyright Law. That makes no sense at all.

Did President Obama’s comments about taking a tough stand on military sexual assault constitute “undue influence” on specific cases? One military judge says that they did.

The AP has the Supreme Court banning demonstrations at the Supreme Court. The regulation in question doesn’t actually do that.

Getting the courts involved in the organ transplant issue could end up being a huge mistake.

Thanks to the Supreme Court, your DNA cannot be patented.

One Congressman thinks it would be a good idea to treat journalists as criminals.

Even if you trust the current occupant of the White House to exercise the powers granted to the agencies operating in secret under him, do you trust all future Presidents?

Exploring data from 33 years’ of FISA reports to Congress

The ACLU is suing over the NSA’s data mining. Does it really have a chance?

The Administration has accepted reality in its fight against a ruling that made the “morning after” pill available regardless of age.

The former NFL wideout formerly known as Chad Ochocinco will spend a month in jail for patting his lawyer on the fanny.

Meet Edward Snowden, the 29 year old CIA/NSA contractor who has confessed to leaking the details of the NSA’s data mining projects.

Will voters care about the revelations about NSA data mining? Signs point to no.

At what point do science and magic converge? And what are the potential costs?

The government has your cell phone and credit card records. What can they do with that information?

Set backs for Pennsylvania in its effort to reverse the NCAA sanctions against Penn State, and a new lawsuit from the Paterno family. The Sandusky story returns.

Has the Arab Spring come to Turkey?

President Obama threw down a gauntlet today in the form of a trio of Judicial nominations.

The state of Mississippi is going to use DNA evidence to track down statutory rapists. Why not deadbeat dads?