Outside the Beltway

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

A man made famous for discovering Iraq’s WMD program was virtually nonexistent is gone at 82.

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

A disease spreading mostly among gay men is now infecting small children.

Abortion is now illegal or heavily restricted in at least 11 states.

The 6-3 ruling broke down on predictable lines.

“Protect and Serve” is just a slogan, not a guarantee.

Speaker Pelosi has it. Is President Biden next?

The 45th President is unlikely to face Federal prosecution but state and civil suits are not going his way.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. Alas.

A year after the Capitol riot, DOJ is coming after the most violent perpetrators.

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

There will be no religious exemptions. For now, at least.

The long demographic trend continues.

An unfunded mandate remains in place.

Even the smartest designers can’t anticipate all the flaws with the rules they write.

More voice, more votes, more representation.

Jimmy Carter’s Vice President and the 1984 Democratic nominee has died at 93.

It’s seemingly just a matter of time before recreational use is allowed throughout the United States.

A truly silly characterization from Senator Mike Lee.

Credulous reports notwithstanding, there’s more to the story.

The man most famous for getting screwed out of a Supreme Court seat has a more interesting backstory.

The live coverage of Wednesday’s assault on American democracy underplayed its seriousness.

January 6th, when the electoral votes are counted.

We may be a little closer to ending the tyranny of the Electoral College.

Election Day is increasingly a myth.

The Emoluments Clause is essentially unenforceable.

Presidents have appointed loyalists since time immemorial. Has this one gone too far?

Lee Boyd Malvo may be eligible for parole in two years.

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.

POTUS believes, and is propagating, a conspiracy theory.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled against the Trump Administration’s latest effort to stonewall Congressional inquiries.

Under the Democratic National Committee’s current qualification rules, Michael Bloomberg’s self-funded campaign means he wouldn’t qualify for any future debate. He doesn’t seem worried about that.

Wednesday night’s debate drew the smallest television audience of any of the debates so far.

The fight over the President’s tax returns has reached the Supreme Court.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt President Trump another setback in his effort to keep his financial records out of Congressional hands.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case likely to decide the fate of former President Obama’s DACA program.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals handed President Trump a loss in his effort to prevent prosecutors in New York from getting copies of his tax returns.

The stage for the sixth Democratic debate in December is likely to be much smaller.

In what seems to be clear violations of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses, the President is seeking to enrich himself and his family,

The norms of social discourse are rapidly changing in the #MeToo era.

California, joined by 22 other states and jurisdictions, is suing to block the Administration’s efforts to revoke the state’s waiver to impose tougher clean air regulations.

The criteria for the November and December debate will make it much harder for some Democrats to get on the national stage. That isn’t a bad thing.

In a rebuke to traditional conservative views of Federalism, the Trump Administration intends to revoke California’s authority to set its own clean air standards,

A Federal Appeals Court has reinstated an Emoluments Clause lawsuit against the President that had been dismissed nearly two years ago.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has once again upheld a local ordinance banning assault weapons.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.