Outside the Beltway

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

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.

New questions about the interrogation of the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect.

What Miranda does and does not cover and what consequences follow if police do not comply.

A strange loophole in the law means Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be questioned without being advised of his Miranda Rights.

The In Sheep Dip – Baaaa’d Puns Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

An American city was essentially shut down today. Was that the right thing to do?

Yesterday was not a good day for the Cable “News” Network.

Tragedy in Boston.

Keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people while protecting individual liberty isn’t easy.

A case from Missouri provides an excellent example of why it matters that states forbid people who love each other from being married.

David Ranta spent 23 years in jail because of lying witnesses and corrupt police.

President Lyndon Johnson considered flying to the 1968 convention and offering himself up for re-nomination.

A federal judge poses an interesting question in a case over Obama’s contraceptive mandate.

Jimmy Cliff’s “The Harder They Come” popularized reggae in America 40 years ago this month.

Olympic paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has been arrested after the fatal shooting of his girlfriend.

President Obama’s idea of “universal background checks” isn’t nearly as simple as it sounds.

The Russian adoption ban isn’t sitting well with many Russians.

What does it mean to be privileged? It means not having to think about any of this, ever.

Did NBC’s David Gregory violate D.C. law on Sunday?

Will the massacre of twenty children in a Connecticut elementary school mark a turning point in America’s gun culture? Don’t count on it.

Another week, another innocent person killed by an NFL player.

George Zimmerman’s attorneys have filed a defamation lawsuit against NBC News.

Will your Yelp review land you in court?

A photograph of a New York cop putting boots on a homeless man went viral. The man remains bootless, however.

Two states have legalized marijuana, but before you light up you should know that there are some complications.

Mayor Bloomberg has decided to hold the New York Marathon Sunday even though millions are still without power and the city infrastructure is unable to cope with normal activity.