Outside the Beltway

A newly filed lawsuit seeks to blunt expected efforts in 2020 to “ratify” the Equal Rights Amendment even though it effectively died nearly 40 years ago.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the PPACA”s individual mandate unconstitutional but left the fate of the rest of the law unresolved.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a Mississippi law that banned nearly all abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.

Lindsey Graham is the latest Senator to make clear that he’s already made up his mind on impeachment.

Continuing a discuss from below.

The men who gathered in Philadelphia to write the Constitution were geniuses. But they couldn’t predict the future.

After a two-year investigation, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice found no basis for the conspiracy theories being pushed by the Republicans regarding the Russia investigation.

After a hearing that largely recapped the past month of hearings on Capitol Hill, the House Judiciary Committee is set to unveil Articles of Impeachment today.

In the wake of yesterday’s hearing, the House of Representatives is taking the inevitable next step.

Yesterday’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee did a good job of explaining how the facts of the Ukraine scandal meet the Constitution’s definition of impeachable offenses.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Supreme Court heard a significant Second Amendment case, but it is unlikely to rule on the merits of the case.

Late yesterday, the Supreme Court put a temporary hold on an order that would give Congress access to the President’s financial documents.

Donald Trump’s Ambassador to the European Union provides yet more evidence to support impeachment of the President.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt President Trump another setback in his effort to keep his financial records out of Congressional hands.

As the impeachment proceedings move forward, Democrats are shifting their focus to a specific, and powerful, charge.

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a case from Connecticut filed by the parents of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre.

In a few short hours, the House Intelligence Committee begins the public phase of its impeachment inquiry.

The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has apologized for blocking constituents on Twitter as part of a legal settlement.

A Federal District court Judge in Alabama has blocked implementation of that state’s latest attempt to challenge Roe v. Wade

Defying the Commander-in-Chief’s order will almost certainly ruin a good man’s career.

Today the House of Representatives approved the procedures for the impeachment proceeding against the President.

A Federal District Court Judge gave the House of Representatives, and the nation, a big win yesterday.

George Washington invented the concept and was quite clear that it did not apply to impeachment proceedings.

What started out as a joke on the campaign trail has turned into a serious legal argument being made to a Federal Judge by an attorney for the President.

After coming under fire for a decision designed primarily to benefit himself and his family, President Trump has decided to walk back the decision to hold the next G-7 Summit at one of his properties.

A Federal Court has struck down the President’s diversion of funds for his border wall.

In what seems to be clear violations of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses, the President is seeking to enrich himself and his family,

Beto O’Rourke wants to use government policy to punish religious institutions that don’t recognize same-sex marriages.

President Trump loses another lawsuit against his ongoing efforts to stonewall Congress.

A wrongheaded solution for a legitimate problem.

A Harvard law professor makes my case better than I did.

A mysterious conversation with a foreign leader is at the center of a controversy between the intelligence community and Congress.

Let’s not kid ourselves about what’s possible in the next election.

A Federal Appeals Court has reinstated an Emoluments Clause lawsuit against the President that had been dismissed nearly two years ago.

At last week’s debate, Beto O’Rourke handed Republicans and gun rights advocates a nicely wrapped gift with his claim that he would seize guns from otherwise law-abiding Americans.

Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren are pandering to the base.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has found the terrorist watch list unconstitutional.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has once again upheld a local ordinance banning assault weapons.

A wedding venue in Mississippi is citing religious beliefs in support of its decision not to allow an interracial couple to utilize their facilities.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

Donald Trump isn’t just admiring dictators now, he’s acting like one.

A defense of a modest philosophy of judicial interpretation.

A Federal Court has ruled once again in favor of a transgender student in Virginia who was prevented from using the bathroom conforming to their gender identity.

President Trump says he’s thinking about commuting the sentenced of Rod Blagojevich, who has served seven years of the fourteen-year sentence he received for public corruption.

The Trump campaign and several other parties have filed lawsuits challenging California’s new law requiring candidates for President to release copies of their tax returns.

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel from the Second Circuit has reinstated Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a Kentucky teenager alleging he had been defamed by the coverage of his confrontation with a Native American man in January.

The evidence is clear that Russia interfered in the election in 2016 and intends to do so again. Despite this, Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation designed to enhance election security.

He could lose the popular vote by an even larger margin in 2020—and still coast to re-election.