Outside the Beltway

How should we balance public health and fundamental rights?

A defensible distinction could give way to a Constitutional crisis.

After weeks of evasion, the frontrunner hints at a compromise policy.

A bizarre but possibly correct ruling by the Supreme Court.

Two rulings greatly expand the ability to evade the law for on Free Exercise grounds.

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

Is the Chief Justice laying a trap or simply ‘calling balls and strikes’?

Donald Trump would be a more effective and dangerous President if he and his team were more competent.

The 6-3 opinion written by Justice Gorsuch and joined by Chief Justice Roberts defies conventional wisdom.

We need a better vocabulary for treating the spectrum between rude and horrific.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Supreme Court heard a significant Second Amendment case, but it is unlikely to rule on the merits of the case.

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

While some Democrats are calling for the impeachment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Democrats on Capitol Hill aren’t nearly as eager to go down that road.

While Democrats debated among themselves about health care plans that will likely never become law, Republicans were pushing forward with judicial confirmations.

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

The lineups for the second Democratic debate are set, and they include some interesting pairings.

A law professor reads too much into a cryptic concurrence.

In a clear defeat for the Trump Administration, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that the Federal Government could not ask about citizenship on the 2020 Census.

The Supreme Court issued a significant ruling on Monday that could make it easier to buy and sell alcoholic beverages across state lines.

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

The Supreme Court has struck down a provision of the Lanham Act barring approval of “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks as unconstitutional.

Former Congressman Joe Sestak is the 24th Democrat to enter the race for President.

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.

The Supreme Court ruled that a World War One memorial that had been on public grounds for 70 years can stay where it is.

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.

The Supreme Court rejected an effort by the Virginia House of Delegates to overturn a Federal Court ruling that the state’s district lines constituted gerrymandering by race. But they didn’t rule on the merits of the appeal.

As the Supreme Court enters the final weeks of its term, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hints at deep divisions and disappointment for people on the left.

After coming under attack from within his own party, former Vice-President Joe Biden has changed his position on the Hyde Amendment.

Justice Clarence Thomas is seemingly putting to rest any reports that he’s considering retiring in the near future.

Starting tomorrow, we should be getting some headline-grabbing opinions from the Supreme Court.

Thanks to Donald Trump and the GOP, there’s plenty of material out there for Saturday Night Live.

America’s leading motivational speaker and self-help guru is coming under fire.

Based on the early stages of the campaign for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination, it appears as though the party’s progressive wing has misread the signals being sent by the party’s voters.

A new poll indicates that at least some Democrats continue to hold Biden’s 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War.

Despite similar paths to the Supreme Court, it turns out the two don’t share the same style and approach.

A longstanding legal question may finally come to a head.

A novel argument, untested in court, suggests that it might.

Before he started his campaign for President, former Vice-President Biden reached out to Anita Hill to apologize for his conduct during the confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas in 1991.

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

After a flood of stories saying the former Vice President is unsuitable for the modern era, the inevitable pushback is happening.

The early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination is drawing fire from multiple fronts. It may destroy his candidacy before it begins.

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

The Supreme Court issued a ruling that places new limits on civil asset forfeiture by state and local government.

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.

Doctors have declared Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg cancer free but she is still expected to miss one more week of oral argument as she recovers from her surgery in December.

The Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the Trump Administration to have an injunction against its new asylum policy lifted.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving state laws banning Medicaid reimbursement for non-abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood.