Outside the Beltway

A big step forward for the challenge to state-based bans on same-sex marriage.

Some Republicans apparently think the key to their future lies in the past.

Fears about convention goers taking advantage of Colorado’s marijuana laws could harm Denver’s chances of getting the GOP Convention.

Two news items yesterday advanced in some small measure the protection of journalists from having to reveal sources under Court Order.

Is support for marriage equality now an issue that can benefit Democrats at the polls?

What could possibly go wrong?

JR is from Texas wants you to know that Texas is big. No, bigger than that.

Hobby Lobby has a strong argument under RFRA but the precedent would be dangerous.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

Lack of understanding or basic dishonesty?

President Obama’s new rules for killing Americans with drones are proving inconvenient.

About 1,000 same-sex couples married in Utah before the Supreme Court stay find themselves in an odd legal limbo.

For the time being at least, same-sex marriage is once again banned in Utah.

Developments overnight in a small but controversial issue raised by the PPACA.

Same-sex marriage remains the law of the land in one of the most conservative states in the nation, at least unless the Supreme Court says otherwise.

A victory for same-sex marriage in an unlikely place.

Wall Street Journal was looking hard for a story.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of cases that implicates both the First Amendment and two Federal Laws.

A second Federal Court of Appeals in a week in two weeks has ruled the PPACA’s birth control mandate is unconstitutional.

Lieutenant General Michelle Johnson will be the first woman to lead a service academy.

An employer has scored a major victory in its fight against Obamacare’s contraceptive coverage mandate.

James Holmes will be shackled like animal during his murder trial for no apparent reason.

Keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people while protecting individual liberty isn’t easy.

A Fox News reporter may go to jail for refusing to reveal a source. Should journalists have an absolute testimonial privilege?

Mitt Romney wasn’t a perfect candidate, but he was much better than most of the 2012 Republican field.

The David Petraeus/Paula Broadwell story gets curiouser.

A passenger praying in the aisles will apparently get your plane priority landing privileges.

Republicans already seem to be blaming Hurricane Sandy in the event Mitt Romney loses.