Outside the Beltway

Because screw the other students.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are happy. But one man is.

Either it’s a public forum or it’s not.

When we do it, it’s negotiation. When they do it, it’s hostage taking—and terrorism.

A silly workaround to an infuriating problem that won’t go away.

A pending Supreme Court ruling could be more impactful than many realize.

The January 6 Committee recommends invoking the Insurrection Clause.

Congress is poised to legislate protections previously mandated by the courts.

The court, rightly, punted the issue to Congress and local leaders.

The investigation produced mounds of evidence. Will it matter?

Another example of why the filibuster needs to go.

The symbolic vote attracted a handful of Republican votes.

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

Assuming they had the votes, should Democrats carve out yet another exception?

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

It doesn’t add up.

American exceptionalism at its worst. (Plus some history!).

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

Here we go again.

A defensible distinction could give way to a Constitutional crisis.

The Lone Star state is making up its own rules.

A feminist icon offers some advice her allies will not want to hear.

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

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

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.

Just over nine years after retiring from the Supreme Court, former Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has passed away at the age of 99.

In a significant setback for challenges to partisan gerrymandering, the Supreme Court has effectively ruled that Federal Courts do not have jurisdiction to hear challenges to redistricting based on partisan motivations.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled against a Seattle-area florist who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding.

A Federal Judge in Mississippi has blocked Mississippi’s law that purports to ban abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Alabama’s patently unconstitutional abortion law.

Following in the footsteps of Alabama, the Missouri legislature has passed a law that would severely restrict abortion rights in the Show Me State.

We’ve soon see whether the current Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade.

A panel of three Federal Judges has found Ohio’s Congressional District map to be unconstitutional, but a case currently pending before the Supreme Court could mute the impact of this decision.

A Federal Court in Michigan has found several of that state’s Congressional and state legislative districts to have been subject to extreme partisan gerrymandering.

A novel argument, untested in court, suggests that it might.

The Supreme Court has agreed to accept a group of cases dealing with the issue of whether or not existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Oral argument hints that we may have a 5-4 ruling allowing state legislatures to continue stacking the deck.

A new poll shows that most Americans believe the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision should remain the law on the land. Opinion on other abortion-related issues is more divided.

The Supreme Court issued a ruling that places new limits on civil asset forfeiture by state and local government.

Tulsi Gabbard was born in American Samoa, an American territory whose residents are generally not American citizens from birth. However, she is nonetheless a “natural born citizen.”

A Federal Judge has blocked the Trump Administration from going forward with a plan to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census.

The Supreme Court is taking up the issue of partisan gerrymandering. This time, though, they’re likely to reach the merits of the cases rather than punting like they did last year.

The Supreme Court appears ready to impose at least some limits on civil asset forfeiture at the state level.

The Trump Administration is attempting to bypass the Circuit Courts of Appeal and get immediate Supreme Court review of the President’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the military.

A Mississippi law that seeks to ban most abortions after 15 weeks was struck down by a Federal District Court Judge.

In addition to being mandated by the Constitution, birthright citizenship goes to the core of what it means to be an American.

The Supreme Court is set to consider whether to take a case involving employment discrimination based on gender identity.

Overwhelmingly, legal experts agree that President Trump is wrong about birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment.