Outside the Beltway

The family real estate business made tens of millions through shady dealings.

The legal distinction between “personal capacity” and “official capacity” makes no sense for senior presidential appointees.

The President suffered a setback in his other job yesterday.

Ben Carson has expensive taste in office furniture.

The new Black Panther movie raises a variant of the central question of the superhero genre. [No significant spoilers]

Andrew McCabe has stepped down as the FBI’s number two after months of attacks from President Trump.

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.

Federal Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski is resigning immediately after a barrage of sexual harassment allegations.

Some Democratic Senators are suggesting that Al Franken should reconsider his decision to resign from the Senate.

There are no good outcomes for the GOP in Alabama.

Another one bites the dust.

Al Franken’s Senate career reaches its inevitable end.

A seventh woman has come forward to accuse Senator Al Franken of having groped her as calls mount from his Democratic colleagues for him to resign.

Mueller crosses Trump’s “red line.”

As I’ve said before, the Republican Party in the Trump Era has become the party of Trumpaloons, sycophants, sellouts, and cowards.

Senator Al Franken faces new charges of sexually inappropriate conduct on the same day that House Democrats are beginning to pressure one of their members to resign.

More troubles for Minnesota Senator Al Franken.

Drip, Drip, Drip?

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.

A Los Angeles reporter says that Minnesota Senator Al Franken groped her and engaged in other inappropriate conduct during a 2006 USO tour.

Federal Courts continue to rule against the Administration, and the President continues to lash out at Judges and demonstrate his contempt for the Rule Of Law.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making it clear she will not be leaving the court anytime soon.

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

While there are real differences between what’s being reported about White House officials such as Jared Kushner and what Hillary Clinton did, the charge of hypocrisy is well-founded.

Despite pleas from conservative lawmakers, the Dept. of Justice will not reopen the case against former I.R.S. official Lois Lerner.

As Congress heads back to work, a corruption trial in New Jersey could have big implications for what happens on Capitol Hill.

Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin’s trip to Kentucky that ‘just happened’ to coincide with last month’s eclipse is being investigated by the Treasury Department’s Inspector General.

The Daily Caller crosses a line and doesn’t seem to regret it.

Nearly 200 Members of Congress and the Senate have filed suit against President Trump alleging that he is violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

Maryland and the District of Columbia are suing President Trump based on alleged violations of two provisions of the Constitution that have never been litigated before.

If you have to have an acting attorney general as it relates to one of the biggest issues of the moment, you may have picked the wrong AG.

Donald Trump has been President for nearly four months, but has yet to name Ambassadorial picks for many slots including several important posts.

Extolling an “eye for an eye” kind of justice is not in keeping with the ethics of Jesus.

Roy Moore, who is currently on suspension, has resigned as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in order to challenge Luther Strange for his seat in the US Senate.

States are considering laws that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns, but such laws are probably unconstitutional.

More trouble for Lt. General Michael Flynn.

Day One of the questioning of Judge Neil Gorsuch went very well, and it suggests that his path to confirmation is basically clear of serious obstacles.

Despite two Republican defections, Betsy DeVos was confirmed today as Secretary of Education.

With a relatively smooth announcement, Donald Trump has named a solid and qualified conservative who will likely be confirmed to the nation’s highest court.

On the eve of the 115th Congress, House Republicans voted to gut a key office charged with investigating Congressional ethics.

In the wake of the Democratic victory in the North Carolina Governor’s race, the Republican-controlled legislature has stripped the Governor’s office of significant power.