Outside the Beltway

Law enforcement remains unhappy about the recent changes that will make it harder to break into a locked smartphone.

The numbers don’t lie.

Does the seriousness of a crime vary depending on the gender of the parties involved?

It appears that there will be no Federal charges against George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin. This is not a surprise.

Facts are stubborn things.

A fired Oklahoma worker beheaded a woman and was attacking another when he was shot. Workplace violence? Or terrorism.

Well, that punishment didn’t last for very long.

The firing actually hurts Janay Rice much more than it does Ray.

A once rising GOP star hits bottom.

Two men in North Carolina are free after spending 31 years in prison for a crime they didn’t commit.

Lawsuits against the theater where 12 people were murdered in 2012 may go forward.

There is a good possibility that Darren Wilson could be acquitted in the shooting of Michael Brown.. Are the protesters ready to accept that reality?

What you think about the events in Ferguson depends quite a lot on whether you’re black or white.

We should not tolerate them acting otherwise.

The situation in Ferguson, Missouri isn’t calming down.

The shooting of Michael Brown is just another example of an ongoing problem.

Former Reagan speechwriter and gun control activist Jim Brady’s death has been ruled a homicide. No, there was no foul play involved—at least not recently.

Could John Hinckley, Jr. face murder charges 30 years after his attempted assassination of President Reagan?

In some sense, justice has prevailed.

The trial of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife opened yesterday, and it sounded more like a soap opera than a legal proceeding.

Good intentions, bad results.

To some extent, we seem to be becoming overprotective.

The law’s insane over-reaction to teen “sexting” has gotten even more insane in one Virginia County.

Hobby Lobby Is an important decision, but it’s one that the Supreme Court handed down a week earlier that will have the widest impact.

The justice system works, there’s no need to scrap it.

It turns out there was much less to that Scott Walker document dump than the press coverage claimed.

Once again, Republicans are attacking someone for doing a job the Bill of Rights itself makes necessary and important.

Justice delayed, but justice nonetheless.

Next term, the Supreme Court will try to decide when online speech crosses the line and becomes a criminal threat.

Ahmed Abu Kattalah, the alleged ringleader of the September 2012 attack in Benghazi, has been arrested.

A turning point in public opinion?

A victory for Federalism and sanity in the War On Drugs.

For the first time, Edward Snowden is talking to the American media.

Tennessee makes an unfortunate return to the past.

Committing a crime is bad enough, committing a stupid crime in the dumbest way possible is orders of magnitude bad.