Outside the Beltway

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that public sector unions cannot force employees to pay membership fees.

Once touted as an example of his deal-making prowess, Harley-Davidson sent a rebuke to President Trump by announcing it was moving some manufacturing to Europe to counteract the impact of his ongoing trade war.

With two more weeks to go, there are plenty of “big” cases still awaiting the release of a decision.

House Republicans put forward a plan to protect DACA beneficiaries, but President Trump appears to have doomed it already.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s editorial cartoonist is out after twenty-five years.

Donald Trump’s approach to international trade has nothing to with economics and everything to do with politics and the culture war he loves to provoke.

In an exceedingly narrow ruling, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception. However, the ruling did not address the broader issues raised by the case.

The President teased the Jobs Report an hour before it was officially released. This was both a violation of Federal law, and yet another example of this President violating long-established norms governing how politicians are supposed to act.

May’s jobs report was stronger than the previous two months, but not entirely great.

In an early morning Tweetstorm, President Trump said he would not have hired Jeff Sessions if he knew he’d recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

With one month to go in its term, there’s still a lot on the Supreme Court’s plate.

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been charged with rape and sexual assault in a New York Court.

A Federal Judge in Virginia has handed a significant legal victory to a student who sued their school district because they were barred form using the bathroom of the gender they identify with.

Although he came in third place in the GOP primary, Don Blankenship is now running as a third-party candidate and could potentially be a problem for Republicans in November.

In an election that pretty much everyone agrees was illegitimate, Nicolás Maduro has won a second term as Venezuela’s President.

The unemployment rate hit a point unseen since Bill Clinton was President in April, but jobs and wage growth remain tepid at best.

A Federal Judge in Texas has ruled that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is barred by Federal Law. Legally speaking, this is a tenuous argument at best.

Out of the blue, President Trump plans to pardon Dick Cheney’s former Chief of Staff, but the move seems to have more to do with James Comey than it does Scooter Libby.

The idea that individuals have different “learning styles” is apparently not borne out by the evidence, according to recent research.

Dueling data on civil service compensation belie the adage that you can’t choose your own facts.

Speaking of trade war talk…

The DJIA (and other markets) are not too happy about all of this trade war talk.

March’s Jobs Report fell far short of expectations.

A woman who was fired after a photograph of her giving the middle finger to President Trump’s motorcade went viral is suing her former employer. She doesn’t have much of a case.

A Federal Judge is allowing a lawsuit alleging that President Trump is improperly benefiting from business being done at the hotel in Washington, D.C. bearing his name to go forward.

Much of Atlanta city government has been forced to rely on pen and paper this week thanks to a Ransomware attack.

Repeated studies have demonstrated their bias against women and minorities. Why do we use them to make employment decisions?

The fact that Andrew McCabe was fired before he could retire means that he will lose out on some significant pension benefits, but. contrary to some media reporting, he won’t lose his pension completely.

The FBI’s former deputy director was shamefully fired late Friday night, after which President Trump gloated on Twitter.

Congress is no closer to a resolution of the DACA fix than it was earlier this year.

A better than expected jobs report for February, but wage growth slowed for the month.

We may about to see a wave of teacher strikes.

Responsible governance from the Golden State?

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation.

After yesterday’s oral argument, the Supreme Court seems poised to deal a major blow to public-sector unions.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that could prove crippling to public employee unions across the nation.

The prospects for extending legal protections for DACA beneficiaries are getting grimmer by the day.

More than a year into the Trump Presidency, dozens of White House personnel lack proper security clearances.

The first jobs report for 2018 beat expectation slightly, but the most positive signs came in the underlying data on wages.

Contrary to expectations, jobs growth in December was relatively modest.

A Judge in New York has dismissed a lawsuit against the President based on two provisions of the Constitution that had never been ruled on before.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a major case regarding discrimination based on sexual orientation, but the issue is likely to come up again in the very near future.

November’s Jobs Report was stronger than expected, but there are several caveats to keep in mind.

After a long wait, gays and lesbians in Australia have achieved marriage equality.

A fitting honor for women who have brought to light an issue that was swept under the rug for far too long.

The Supreme Court held oral argument in a case that pits First Amendment rights against the rights of LGBT Americans.

The latest domino to fall in the ongoing wave of sexual harassment and abuse revelations is Matt Lauer.

New York Senator Kristen Gillibrand says Bill Clinton should have resigned over his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Raising the question of just how stringently we should apply the standards of today to the events of the past.

The Jobs Market bounces back in October, but the numbers are far from impressive.

Reversing an Obama Era position, the Justice Department has rescinded a legal interpretation that purported to apply previously adopted civil rights laws to transgender individuals.