Outside the Beltway

Osama’s driver, who was convicted of only technical crimes, has had his conviction overturned on a technicality.

A victory for advocates of Voter ID laws in a Washington, D.C. Federal Court.

There’s little evidence that Presidential debates can be game changers.

The Defense of Marriage Act is under challenge through a unique angle: estate taxes.

A legal setback for the Texas Voter ID law, but not much of a political setback for Voter ID laws in general.

Mississippi is more conservative than Massachusetts is liberal.

The GOP Platform will include an abortion plank that Todd Akin would love.

Entirely unsurprisingly, the shooting at the Family Research Center’s office in Washington, D.C. is already being politicized.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

A new study suggests that taxing millionaires sends millionaires to somewhere that doesn’t tax millionaires.

There’s very little evidence or logic to support the attacks coming from the right against Chief Justice Roberts.

Congress has found Eric Holder to be in contempt. I am not entirely sure what that accomplishes.

An unsurprising decision from the Supreme Court.

The stage is set for a showdown between the Executive and Legislative Branches.

As of today, there are 75 vacant Federal Judgeships, including one that has been open for seven years.

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

Washington has become the first state in decades to privatize its state-run liquor stores. They’ve coupled this with onerous fees on private distributors.

An unsurprising decision on the Defense of Marriage.

Private college degree mills have come under intense scrutiny. But many public institutions have similar statistics.

White babies now constitute slightly less than half of American births.

Common Cause has filed a specious lawsuit alleging that the filibuster is unconstitutional.

Mitt Romney wimped out. Again.

If you agree to work for nothing, don’t complain you’re being “exploited.”

Keep that gift card in your wallet too long and the government may come for it.

The race is over, Rick Santorum just won’t admit it.

When will Santorum bow to the inevitable?

Republicans are finally starting to realize that they are in trouble with Hispanic voters.

Weeks of bizarre talk about contraception and vaginal ultrasounds has surprisingly alienated women from the Republican Party.

Rick Santorum won Louisiana last night, but he’s still going to lose the race for the nomination.

The results of Louisiana’s primary mean a lot less than the pundits will tell you they do.

I remember the days when stores were making the transition from the old style brown paper bags to the newfangled plastic ones–in the name of the environment.

Mitt Romney won big in Illinois last night, and moved a big step closer to wrapping this race up.

Rick Santorum wants to nullify nearly 200,000 marriages.

Another Federal Court rules in favor of marriage equality, and the biggest news is how unsurprising the outcome of the case is.

Things aren’t all sunshine and roses for the Obama 2012 campaign.

The DC government’s incompetence knows no bounds.

Barney Frank is marrying a dude, further proving just how gay he is.

The Supreme Court issued a somewhat muddled ruling on GPS tracking today.