Outside the Beltway

A 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a different GOP.

The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to wade back into the thorny issue of race and higher education.

Debating the proper role of the judiciary.

Wherein I take the view that as our understanding of language changes, so too does our application of the Constiution.

The Supreme Court has issued a ruling whose roots can be found in case law going back half a century.

The US Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the U.S. Constitution contains a right to same-sex marriage.

The Supreme Court accepted a case that will require the Justices to decide just what it meant when it established the “one person, one vote” rule for drawing legislative districts.

Tomorrow promises to be an historic day at the Supreme Court, but it’s been a long legal, political, and social battle.

Kentucky has offered the Supreme Court a defense of its ban on same-sex marriage that seems laughable.

Another setback for those opposed to Voter ID laws.

An unsurprising ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that only seems to bring closer the day when same-sex marriage will be legal nationwide.

Rebranding alone isn’t going to fix what’s causing the GOP to lose ground among a whole host of demographic groups.

After a setback, Texas will be allowed to enforce its Voter ID law. At least for now.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has made an incredibly weak argument in favor of his state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

And Alaska makes 30.

Two more states are added to the list, with another three likely not far behind.

The Supreme Court has issued a stay that will allow changes to Ohio’s early voting law to remain in effect for this year’s election. That was the correct decision.

Justice Ginsburg had some interesting things to say about the same-sex marriage cases headed to the Supreme Court.

A Federal Judge in Ohio has issued a very troubling ruling on that state’s early voting law.

Another Federal appellate Court has struck down state law bans on same-sex marriage, but the only thing that matters now is the Supreme Court.

A lower court judge has upheld the Louisiana Constitution’s limitation of marriage to “one man and one woman.”

A major voting rights ruling out of North Carolina.

Another Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in on the marriage equality debate.

Another step closer to the Supreme Court.

Assuming it accepts the appeal, Utah is giving the Supreme Court its high profile case for the October 2015 Term.

The Supreme Court’s next term doesn’t start for three months, but it’s becoming clear that the Justices will have to deal with marriage equality when it does.

The streak continues.

A big step forward for the challenge to state-based bans on same-sex marriage.

A New York Federal Judge has ruled that unvaccinated children can be forced to stay home during outbreaks.

The people are ready. Is the Supreme Court?

Another legal victory for marriage equality.

The Supreme Court, subject to revision.

And Pennsylvania makes it 19.

Yet another Federal Judge has struck down a state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

A 13 month string of legal victories for marriage equality reaches Oregon.

Continuing the discussion from earlier this week on hate crimes.

The Supreme Court may have just found a way to end the debate over Affirmative Action in education.

The CEO of Mozilla resigned today amid controversy over his position on same-sex marriage. The triumph of “political correctness,” or just the will of the marketplace?

Fifth Amendment? They don’t need no Fifth Amendment, apparently.

The string of victories for same-sex marriage continues as a Federal Judge rules that the Commonwealth of Kentucky must recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.

Another victory for marriage equality. This time from the state that gave us the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on interracial marriage.

The fight for marriage equality takes another step forward.

For the time being at least, same-sex marriage is once again banned in Utah.