Outside the Beltway

The Supreme Court accepts what will likely be one of the most important cases of its upcoming term.

President Obama’s poll numbers seem to be suffering under the weight of nearly two months of scandals and/ media attention.

Even if you trust the current occupant of the White House to exercise the powers granted to the agencies operating in secret under him, do you trust all future Presidents?

The ACLU is suing over the NSA’s data mining. Does it really have a chance?

Revelations about the NSA’s data mining programs don’t seem to be having a significant impact on public opinion.

Big Brother is doing more than just checking your phone records.

The NSA’s data mining project is about more than just subpoenas for cell phone records.

Apparently, it’s not just reporters whose phone logs the Obama administration is tracking.

President Obama threw down a gauntlet today in the form of a trio of Judicial nominations.

The Obama Administration’s aggressive pursuit of leaks is threatening freedom of the press.

After many attempts to manufacture grand scandals out of very little, Republicans may finally have a legitimate outrage on their hands.

Are civil liberties once again at risk in the wake of the bombing attack in Boston?

There seems to be an effort underway to reassess the legacy of our 43rd President.

The Boston Marathon bomber must be tried in a court of law.

A bipartisan commission of elder statesmen confirms what we’ve known for years.

A new report confirms that the United States did engage in torture in the wake of the September 11th attacks.

A former Navy SEAL charges that Blackwater snipers killed American citizens in New Orleans during Katrina’s aftermath.

Because sometimes poorly contructed observations can set a fellow to writing.

The odds for a party switch in the House of Representatives remain quite low.

The Iraq War did significant damage to the legacy of the Republican Party.

Second thoughts about the Iraq War

The Judicial Confirmation process needs to be fixed.

The D.C. Circuit now has four vacancies out of eleven seats.

Rand Paul’s questions about the nation’s drone war were only the beginning.

Mr. Paul Goes To Washington.

The White House employs calligraphers. And pays them money!

Walter Russell Mead presents his sitrep of the War on Terror.

Pretending like the Bush administration never happened is a problem for the GOP.

The Obama Administration has given us a peek at its legal arguments for targeted killings and they are troubling to say the least.

A good start toward solving a long standing problem.

A potentially significant ruling on Separation Of Powers.

The GOP has a serious image problem.

Marco Rubio has some good immigration reform ideas. Will his fellow Republicans listen to him?

President Obama is taking some heat over the fact that his Second Term cabinet selections have been very white and very male.

The idea of completely pulling out of Afghanistan after 2014 is very compelling.

Resurrecting and old, and bad, idea.

Arab news giant Al-Jazeera is buying Al Gore’s failing Current TV network, hoping to get a bigger presence in the US cable market.

The GOP’s image problems continue

Remember when the Bush administration was spying on calls Americans made overseas without a warrant? Those were the good old days.

Judging by the record of the past decade and a half, movement conservatism has accomplished very little.

The scandal now surrounding David Petraeus should lead people to reassess his past record.

Once again, Senate Democrats are talking about filibuster reform, but will they actually follow through?