Outside the Beltway

A new poll lends credence to the suggestion that Democrats should be careful about rallying behind the call to “Abolish ICE.”

A police officer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania who tased an apparently compliant African-American man will not be disciplined by his department, and probably won’t face charges either.

Recent polling finds that Americans aren’t feeling quite so patriotic right now. It’s understandable, but we shouldn’t give up hope.

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

Next term, the Justices will revisit the issue of whether someone can be tried in state and Federal Court for the same crime for the first time in nearly sixty years.

There is a frustration and a growing sense that the American political system is illegitimate.

President Trump’s short list of potential Supreme Court nominees consists mostly of conventionally conservative, well-qualified, jurists.

Contrary to what many people have claimed, the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Hawaii did not overturn one of the most controversial decisions in its history.

After thirty years on the bench, during which he played a central role in some of the Supreme Court’s most significant rulings, Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring.

Was one of the pioneering African-American entertainers a “house Negro”?

The Supreme Court declined, for now, to hear the appeal of a Washington state florist who declined to provide services for a same-sex wedding. The issues it raises, though, are likely to return to the Court in the future.

The 100-mile Constitution-free zone strikes again.

The Administration is going to unveil a plan for a major reorganization of government agencies today.

With two more weeks to go, there are plenty of “big” cases still awaiting the release of a decision.

A Trump Administration policy announced in April has resulted in roughly 2,000 children being taken from their parents at the border.

The plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill appears to be running up against President Trump’s bizarre affinity for Andrew Jackson.

Some legal scholars are speculating that the Court’s ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop could impact the ruling on the President’s Muslim Travel Ban. This seems unlikely.

In an exceedingly narrow ruling, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception. However, the ruling did not address the broader issues raised by the case.

Earlier this week, the Illinois legislature ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. What’s unclear is if this act has any meaning at all.

Donald Trump may or may not be racist himself, but he has most certainly exploited and helped widen racial divisions ever since bursting on the political scene in 2015.

With one month to go in its term, there’s still a lot on the Supreme Court’s plate.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has handed a significant legal victory to a student who sued their school district because they were barred form using the bathroom of the gender they identify with.

61 percent of Americans have a favorable impression of a man who left office a failed president.

Oliver North is fitting right in at the N.R.A.

While longtime supporters have turned on the legendary attorney over his support of Donald Trump, he’s been astonishingly consistent.

If we’re going to have a death penalty, he was its poster boy.

Randa Jarrar was classless and contemptible, which is protected by the First Amendment. As a tenured state employee so is her job.

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

A Federal Judge in Texas has ruled that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is barred by Federal Law. Legally speaking, this is a tenuous argument at best.

The idea that individuals have different “learning styles” is apparently not borne out by the evidence, according to recent research.

Yet more troubling news about the proposed citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

A woman who was fired after a photograph of her giving the middle finger to President Trump’s motorcade went viral is suing her former employer. She doesn’t have much of a case.

New York and nearly two dozen other jurisdictions have filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the Trump Administration from asking about citizenship in the 2020 Census.

California has pushed back quickly against the Trump Administration’s decision to include a question regarding citizenship in the 2020 Census.

A woman who was at the center of one of the most important Supreme Court cases in American history has died at the age of 75.

The Supreme Court appears ready to strike down a California law requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to provide information on abortion.

Another Federal Court has ruled in favor of a student seeking to use the restroom facilities that correspond with their gender identity.

Another lawsuit has been filed against Dick’s Sporting Goods over its policy barring gun sales based on age.

The inevitable response to announcements by the big box stores that they would not sell guns to those under 21 has arrived.

Is it legal for retail businesses to restrict gun sales based on age? The short answer appears to be yes.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation.

What is CPAC telling us about the contemporary conservative movement?

Some thoughts on the biggest Marvel blockbuster yet. [Modest spoilers]

The Department of Education announced yesterday that it will no longer investigate civil rights complaints from transgender students regarding bathroom access in public schools.

A Federal Judge In Kansas has blocked enforcement of a state law barring anyone who does business with the state from engaging in a boycott of Israel.

Dodge is facing controversy this morning for using the words of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Super Bowl commercial, but they’re not the only party who may have some questions to answer.

A confusing new report from the Washington Post.

Democratic norms are eroding.

President Trump has shut down the commission he established to investigate unsupported claims of “voter fraud” in the 2016 election.