Outside the Beltway

What should be the bar? Can it ever be reached?

The investigation produced mounds of evidence. Will it matter?

The Department of Justice takes an utterly unsurprising, but important step in the Mar-a-lago document case

A repeat of 1860 can’t happen. But something even worse could.

Why would the Trump team release a document that casts them in such a bad light?

Is it time to call the whole thing off?

Tell us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants without telling us you don’t know anything about Federal Warrants

Are plurality winners less legitimate than popular vote losers?

A theory floated in Bush v Gore could radically change American elections.

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

Who should have the final say on the law of the land?

They’re taking their eye off the ball.

Assumptions of racial animus are overshadowing a story that’s outrageous enough on its own.

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

Not so conservative.

Lawyers in North Carolina are trying to get a Congressman off the ballot.

The court wisely deferred to Congress in setting its own rules.

Are we really being blocked from getting back to normal? And if so, what is the real barrier?

A provision of the 14th Amendment to keep Civil War generals out of office is back in play.

We deserve better.

It doesn’t add up.

While well-intentioned, the Chairman’s actions were illegal and dangerous.

A few observations on Whole Woman’s Health, et al., Applicants v. Austin Reeve Jackson, Judge, et al.

Regardless of one’s views on abortion, the enforcement provision in the new Texas law should be concerning.

Sound decisions require sound reporting.

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

I know obscenity when I see it and this ain’t it.

Fear of Chinese spies led to a bizarre and illegal operation within the Commerce Department.

Put the frustration where it belongs.

Another 6-3 decision along ideological lines.

Even the smartest designers can’t anticipate all the flaws with the rules they write.

The 6th Circuit is allowing a professor fired for misgendering a transwoman to sue his state university.

America’s institutions are undemocratic but only some of them are a product of the Constitution.

The distance in accountability between the highest and the lowest must be shortened.

The man still can’t get out of his own way.

The problem is theoretical at best and cannot stop the Senate from acting.

The legal debates are unsettled but we can all agree that Rand Paul is a moron.

Amending the Constitutional through unconstitutional means is a very bad idea.

President-Elect Biden is planning a big first few days, Congress be damned.

And here we go.

The President of the United States is a national security threat. Can we get rid of him now?

It’s finally officially official.

The zombie idea for ousting an erratic and dangerous President.

January 6th, when the electoral votes are counted.

A case involving Pennsylvania may not be resolved for quite some time. Thankfully, it’s immaterial to the election outcome.

The right to worship trumps the public’s health.

Disconnected representation in action.