Outside the Beltway

Another Federal Court has declared the PPACA’s contraceptive coverage mandate to be unconstitutional.

NSA Director General Keith Alexander really doesn’t like the idea of a free press.

Even if it were functioning properly the Federal Health Care Exchange website would still have problems.

Chris Christie’s decision to take a tactical retreat on the issue of same-sex marriage raises some interesting questions for 2016.

The first poll taken after the shutdown began has little good news for the Republican Party.

There’s no sign that the government shutdown will end any time soon.

An historic same-sex marriage ruling out of New Jersey.

New technology brings the day of round the clock tracking of citizens who’ve done nothing wrong ever closer.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

Not surprisingly, Lois Lerner’s attorney is saying his client will only testify under a grant of immunity.

Absent DOMA, the Full Faith and Credit Clause would seem to make gay marriage legal across the land.

Effective immediately, Texans will have to show photo identification to vote.

A Colorado 6-year-old with a penis has successfully sued for the right to use the girls’ restroom.

President Obama threw down a gauntlet today in the form of a trio of Judicial nominations.

It’s going to be another eventful month for the Supreme Court.

A government panel is recommending that the BAC limit for drunk driving be lowered nearly 40%.

The days of tax-free online shopping are coming to an end.

The Supreme Court has ducked an opportunity to expand the holdings in D.C. v. Heller

The Defense Of Marriage Act didn’t fare very well during today’s Supreme Court oral arguments.

The Judicial Confirmation process needs to be fixed.

About 8.1 percent of U.S. workers have commutes of 60 minutes or longer and nearly 600,000 have “megacommutes” of at least 90 minutes and 50 miles.

The Obama Administration has weighed in on the Supreme Court’s other high profile same-sex marriage case.

Separate, it turns out, is not equal.

A federal judge poses an interesting question in a case over Obama’s contraceptive mandate.

A potentially significant ruling on Separation Of Powers.

David Gregory committed a technical violation of DC’s gun law to make a point on a national news show. Conservative gun control opponents are angry.

Did NBC’s David Gregory violate D.C. law on Sunday?

Robert Bork, the controversial jurist whose failed Supreme Court bid ushered in a new climate in American politics, has died at 85.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on another big case.

The Democratic Party appears to have a lock on a substantial part of the Electoral College. That poses a problem for Republicans.

Is the triumph of political forecasting good for our democracy?

Voters in four states endorsed marriage equality yesterday.