Outside the Beltway

An absurd extension of the fight over abortion.

The President has very little power here but he’s using it.

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

The pressure and expectations of a king, but with considerably less power.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

The Nation is unusually divided and melancholy on its birthday.

It’s been more of a reading than writing morning.

Here we go again . . . .

We live in a bizarre timeline.

For your consideration.

Abortion is now illegal or heavily restricted in at least 11 states.

So, what now?

A comparison of the two texts.

Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban may or may not be back in effect.

Concerned no more, Senator Collins is now dismayed that she was misled.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

This will just reinforce minority rule in the US.

The leaked draft is now the law of the land.

A decades-long decline has ended.

From the Cliché File.

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

The NYT and CA41 and yet another example of telling the wrong story.

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

Another day, another disappointment for the party’s legislative agenda.

Susan Collins and other Senators claiming otherwise are just wrong.

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

At least not right away. But it’s quite possible by 2040.

The role of American political institutions.

There are many barriers to true freedom.

The apparently eminent demise of abortion rights has reignited an old debate.

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

The longest-serving Republican Senator has died at the age of 88.

An extraordinary example shines light on coercive factors that incentivize plea deals

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

Oklahoma’s near-total ban is part of a larger trend.

The latest strategic moral panic from the far right

The Court is out of balance–and it is a design flaw.

It seems that some Americans are relocating to be with people who share their social and cultural views.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. Alas.

And yes, it is political (and always has been).

A roundup of reflection on a somber anniversary.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

It’s not compelling.

Pew’s new typology shows the diversity of both US political parties.

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

Do young Democrats really hate Republicans more than vice-versa?

What happens if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade?

Oral arguments on the biggest abortion case in decades will be heard today.