Outside the Beltway

Is the NYPD becoming too much like the CIA?

What’s a little thing like freedom of speech when there are shops being looted and burned?

Much like bills named for dead children, there’s a very high likelihood that any bill with “protecting children” and/or “pornographers” in the title is a) a very bad idea, b) a very stupid idea, c) of dubious Constitutionality, or, as here, d) all of the above.

A Federal Appeals Court struck down an Amendment to the Michigan Constitution today as unconstitutional.

Prisons can be so overcrowded as to constitute cruel and inhuman punishment.

Some French politicians and intellectuals seem offended that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being treated like a common criminal.

Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who will enter the Presidential race tomorrow, says he wouldn’t have tried to have Osama bin Laden killed.

Osama bin Laden is dead, but he’s succeeded in changing America for the worse.

Will the successful action against Osama bin Laden cause people on the right to stop believing crazy things about the President? Don’t count on it.

The Obama Administration is resisting efforts to expand Fourth Amendment protections to services like Gmail. That’s unfortunate.

Modern life requires us to put a high degree of trust in those to whom we delegate responsibility

President Obama has pledged no slaughter and no ground troops for Libya. He may well be forced to pick one.

Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is running for president.

All of the plausible Republican contenders for 2012 have significant downsides.

Should employers be allowed to ask for your Facebook login as a condition of employment?

A county in the far southwest corner of Virginia is the latest battle ground in the ongoing battle over the separation of church and state.

New York Times writer Adam Liptak discovers that a Supreme Court decision protecting “corporate speech” might not be a bad thing considering that he works for a corporation.

Taking a dive into Mark Levin’s view of Federalism.

Mr. Yglesias has it exactly backwards.

Ohio Congressman Steve Driehaus is suing a pro-life PAC for “defamation” and “loss of livelihood” over its role in his defeat in the 2010 Elections.

Complaints from Rush Limbaugh tthat the ACLU is ignoring the intrusions into America’s civil liberties by the TSA are completely unfounded.

The Obama White House is asserting that the President has the authority to issue assassination orders against American citizens, and that no Court has the authority to review his decision. If that doesn’t worry you, it should.

While Congress continues to refused to act, another Federal Judge has struck a blow against the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy.

Taking a short trip back in time via Instapundit’s archives reveals a September 11th post that turned out to be prophetic.

The Obama administration has persuaded the nation’s most liberal appellate court that the executive branch’s right to secrecy trumps the rights of people claiming they were tortured by the United States Government.

The Obama administration wants the FBI to be able to look at your Internet records without the inconvenience of respecting your 4th Amendment rights.

Less than 24 hours before it was set to take effect, a Federal Judge has put a hold on most of the key provisions of Arizona’s immigration law.