Outside the Beltway

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

The implications of modes of interpretation.

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

Outrage over the outrage is outrageous.

The 83-year-old Justice is playing a dangerous game.

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

There have only been eleven since 1981.

He’s in the minority but promises to start obstructing again if that changes.

Should he be worried about the appearance of partisan gaming?

Rethinking what qualities we should be looking for in Supreme Court Justices.

A desperate re-election gambit that has no impact on the outcome.

An unconvincing attack on the Democratic position.

Multiple reports have the Notre Dame graduate replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

The iconic Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87.

A reprise of an almost identical case with a different group of Justices–and the Chief Justice switching sides.

The federal judge who oversees treatment of detained immigrant children has had enough.

Anyone who doubts that Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 is being incredibly naive.

Justice Ginsburg has some kind words for her two newest co-workers, perhaps to the surprise of many of Ginsburg’s own supporters.

Some key numbers.

President Trump has named his pick for Labor Secretary.

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

Joe Biden recently said that he’d consider nominating Merrick Garland again if there were a Supreme Court vacancy while he was President. Don’t count on it.

President Trump’s first Supreme Court appointment has joined the liberal bloc on several cases.

The Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the case of a Mississippi defendant whose trial was tainted by a prosecutor who routinely struck black jurors from the jury pool.

Donald Trump has endorsed a proposal by a Republican Senator to ban flag burning.

The Supreme Court declined to rule on the merits in a case dealing with a Oregon baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception.

Mitch McConnell has had an unsurprising change of heart on the issue of Senate consideration of Supreme Court nominees in a Presidential election year.

Hypocritical? Sure. Surprising? No.

Senate Republicans are pushing for the end of minority obstruction—and the Democrats can’t wait.

The replacement of Anthony Kennedy with Brett Kavanaugh is already having a significant impact.

The Senate yesterday confirmed a 37-year-old to a lifetime Court of Appeals seat.

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in a case involving a World War I Memorial in the form of a cross on public land in Suburban Maryland.

Justice Clarence Thomas argues that a 55-year-old precedent should be overturned.

Supreme Court watcher Jeffrey Toobin speculates that Clarence Thomas could be the next Supreme Court Justice to step aside.

Late last night, the Supreme Court blocked a Louisiana abortion law from going into effect, the first significant abortion rights ruling since Justice Kavanaugh took the bench.

Washington has become the latest state to ban the sale of semiautomatic assault rifles to persons under 21.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery to remove cancerous nodes from a lung, but reports seem to point to a quick recovery.

Sad news from the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley says he would not consider a Supreme Court nominee in 2020. But does he really mean it?

The Merrick Garland precedent is power politics, nothing more.

For the second time in two years, the Supreme Court starts a new term down one Justice. That isn’t as big a problem as it might seem.

By popular demand . . .

A good excuse to consider reform.

In what amounts to a significant, albeit not surprising, change in Catholic doctrine, Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is unacceptable in all circumstances.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she’d like to stay on the Court at least until she turns 90, but it’s unlikely she’ll go anywhere voluntarily as long as Donald Trump is President.

There are good arguments as to why progressive Senators should vote against his confirmation. Let’s stick to those.

A selection that is likely to keep the Senate GOP united and red-state Democrats up for re-election under pressure to vote to confirm.

Democrats are making largely meaningless appeals to the so-called ‘Merrick Garland Precedent” to argue for a delay in confirming the President’s next Supreme Court nominee. The American people feel differently.

A thoughtful liberal argues the Justice has “altered and destroyed his legacy” by allowing Donald Trump to appoint his successor.