Outside the Beltway

The conspiracy theories regarding Fast And Furious are simply not believable, but that doesn’t mean the matter shouldn’t be investigated.

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

Is there any legal merit to the Administration’s invocation of Executive Privilege?

The dispute between the Justice Department and the House of Representatives just became a bigger deal.

Neil Munro acted like a jerk, but Barack Obama needs to be more open to questions than he has been.

If the Department of Justice does not fully comply with Congressional subpoenas, then there seems to be no alternative other than holding the Attorney General in contempt.

The President’s Cabinet is less a Team Of Rivals and more a Team Of Managers.

A new book about the President details his marijuana use in High School and at Occidental College.

The people who gave us the “war on Christmas” are now touting an upsurge on black-on-white crime.

Unsurprisingly, the Department of Justice confirms that it supports Marbury v. Madison

Attorney General Eric Holder offered a somewhat alarming defense of the Administration’s policy on targeted killings.

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

Questions have been raised about whether it is proper for Elena Kagan to hear the Affordable Care Act lawsuit.

Some Northeastern Senators want to make selling fake maple syrup a federal offense.

The Justice Department claims to have disrupted a major Iranian-backed terrorist attack in the United States.

The DOJ needs to go on a low-carb diet.

James Carville has some advice for Barack Obama. It boils down to “be like Bill Clinton.”

Why was the ATF allowing thousands of weapons to be smuggled to Mexican drug gangs?

Where is the line on using the White House to further the president’s re-election effort?

WSJ has a blistering editorial seeking to put the NewsCorp hacking scandal in perspective.

A very provocative decision on same-sex marriage from an unlikely source.

A major law firm has withdrawn from defending DOMA in Court, and a public controversy has erupted.

Top administration and congressional officials can skip the indignities of airport screening, even when they fly commercial.

California voters are two weeks away from possibly legalizing marijuana, but the Federal Government doesn’t care.

Everyone from David Petraeus to Sarah Palin is speaking out against a nutbag pastor’s Koran burning event. While they’re right, they’re emphasizing the wrong message.

Attorney General Eric Holder said today that the Federal Government retains the option of suing Arizona a second time if the state’s new immigration law is enforced in a discriminatory manner.