Outside the Beltway

Conflicting provisions in New Jersey law could turn scheduling a Special Election to replace Frank Lautenberg into a big legal battle.

Another body blow to the Fourth Amendment from the Supreme Court.

Eric Holder’s testimony before Congress is leading to accusations of perjury, but the argument that he did so seem pretty weak.

Once again, national security wins and privacy loses.

New developments in a still very new area of the law.

The Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal of a case in which Indiana’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood had been blocked by a Federal Court.

When does politics become the “primary activity” of a 501(c)4?

It’s time to take a look at the pre-trial issues in what is likely to be the trial of the Summer of 2013.

Republicans should reject the calls to call for a Special Prosecutor to investigate the unfolding scandals in Washington.

Should bloggers be treated the same as “journalists” for the purpose of the protections granted by media shield laws?

It’s going to be another eventful month for the Supreme Court.

The Obama Administration’s aggressive pursuit of leaks is threatening freedom of the press.

It’s a mistake to think of the Bill of Rights as only protecting people who are “innocent” or “guilty.” It exists to protect all of us.

A case in Florida raises serious questions about the application of our sex offender laws.

The man some of called America’s toughest Sheriff has been dealt a setback by a Federal Judge.

Darrell Issa’s Committee seems headed for a battle over the Fifth Amendment.

A top IRS official will reportedly invoke her 5th Amendment rights rather than testify before Congress tomorrow.

Senior DOJ officials from the previous three administrations back the Obama DOJ’s controversial subpoenaing of AP conversations.

Homicide rates are on pace to be lower than they were at the start of the 20th Century.

Just how serious was the leak that the Associated Press reported on last May?

Partisan targeting by the IRS should not be permitted to stand.

Justice Ginsburg made some interesting comments about Roe v. Wade recently. Could they be a signal about where the Court is headed on gay marriage?

The State Department tries to scrub information about the 3D-printed gun from the Internet.

Debunking a conservative myth that has arisen in connection the Benghazi story.

The reality of gun violence in the United States is far different from the story the media is telling us.

The American people aren’t panicking.