Outside the Beltway

The questionable ethics of living a lavish lifestyle based on high office.

A conversation in two parts.

Doing nothing is still a choice, and the legitimacy crisis is here, like it or not.

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

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

Federal Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski is resigning immediately after a barrage of sexual harassment allegations.

Federal Courts continue to rule against the Administration, and the President continues to lash out at Judges and demonstrate his contempt for the Rule Of Law.

The pardoning of Joe Arpaio was distasteful and an affront to the Rule of Law, but it was completely within the powers of the President and should not be a ground for impeachment.

A man who brought joy and laughter to millions has ended his own life because he was too depressed to go on.

A bill likely to become law in Virginia will require all women seeking abortions to undergo an invasive ultrasound examination.

Virtually everything Stephen Colbert is doing was legal before Citizens United.

What do this people want? Can’t you read the signs?

Legal guidelines for protestors.

The health care battle is formally joined in the Supreme Court.

The execution of Troy Davis brings back to the forefront the reasons why the death penalty is inherently flawed.

The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral argument in a case where being on the right side means supporting some vile people, but that’s what the First Amendment is all about.

If there’s an area where our attitudes and behaviors have changed more radically in my lifetime than gender equality, I can’t think of it.