The health care battle is formally joined in the Supreme Court.
In its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will examine the question whether police can track people via GPS without first obtaining a warrant.
51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.
Is the GOP race really down to just two men at this point?
A new look at Clarence Thomas’s 20 years on the Supreme Court, from a critic, is surprisingly positive.
Do the less attractive deserve legal protection? One University Of Texas Profess thinks so.
Supreme Court nominees were confirmed quite easily within recent memory. What’s changed?
Senator Al Franken called Focus on the Family’s Tom Minnery a liar in yesterday’s hearing on DOMA. Franken was the one being dishonest.
A majority of Americans want to ban smoking in public; a fifth want to ban it even in private.
A Federal Appeals Court says the full body image scanners showing up in airports are Constitutional.
The nation’s capital is the worst place to drive in the country. But it’s a surprisingly safe place to walk.
The odds of history are against Michele Bachmann.
Sunday afternoon musings on an electoral college sweeps.
A victory for marriage equality in the Empire State.
What, if anything, does the budget deal mean for the future?
Why in the hell are Federal taxpayers footing the bill for residential trash collection in DC?
For the past day or so, America’s fighting men have been pawns in a cynical political game.
Judge Gladys Kessler upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, but she did so by essentially ruling that the Interstate Commerce Clause means whatever Congress wants it to mean.
A new set of polls from Gallup show that President Obama is still looking good for re-election.
The home mortgage interest deduction benefits Democrat-voting states most! Is the fix in?
The Republican Study Committee has come up with some significant budget cuts.
150 years ago, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln was presented with a chance to avert Civil War. He passed it up, and we should be glad that he did.
Some people in the D.C. area are worried that the Federal spending gravy train may be coming to an end. They should be.
A somewhat surprising court decision from the European Union gives a glimpse of what the situation in the United States would be if Roe v. Wade were overturned.
Constitutional ambiguity is as old as, well, it’s as old as the Constitution itself
The repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is a sign that the political ground is shifting. Will the GOP take notice?
Judicial activism doesn’t mean “reaching a decision I don’t like.”
A new study suggests that laws banning texting while driving don’t actually have any impact on accident rates.
The Tea Party movement and the populist backlash against DC mayor Adrian Fenty are a sign that things are changing so fast that a lot of people simply can’t adjust.
DC schools superintendent Michelle Rhee has radically transformed the system for the better. Naturally, the teachers unions want her gone.
Affluent whites are astounded that Adrian Fenty appears about to lose his bid for re-election as DC’s mayor. But the majority black population is less than thrilled with his tenure.