Outside the Beltway

Vague terms of use.

At what point does negligence become a crime?

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. Alas.

The law is out of sync with modern realities.

The 6th Circuit is allowing a professor fired for misgendering a transwoman to sue his state university.

Here we go again.

The President of the United States is a national security threat. Can we get rid of him now?

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.

The attempt by Arizona’s Governor to revoke tax benefits granted to Nike in the wake of the “Betsy Ross Flag” controversy is most likely unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court has struck down a provision of the Lanham Act barring approval of “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks as unconstitutional.

Scot Peterson, the school resource officer who hid from fire during last year’s school shooting in Florida has been charged criminally. The legal basis for those charges seems flimsy.

A novel argument, untested in court, suggests that it might.

Eugene Volokh asks, I provide my answer.

Overwhelmingly, legal experts agree that President Trump is wrong about birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment.

For the second time this year, a Federal Court has struck down a state law designed to punish businesses that engage in a boycott aimed at Israel.

An Oregon state agency is suggesting that Walmart’s decision to restrict arms sales to bar people under 21, but over 18, from being able to purchase firearms violates state law.

A Florida man who shot and killed an African-American male amid a parking lot confrontation will face manslaughter charges after all.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down part of a Hawaii law barring open carry of weapons, but this win for gun rights advocates may turn out to be short-lived.

In a ruling that largely relies on the authority granted by Congress to the President to regulate immigration on national security grounds, the Supreme Court has upheld the final version of the Administration’s travel ban.

We may finally get a ruling applying the Excessive Fine Clause to the states and limiting the ability of police to confiscate property.

In a significant First Amendment ruling, the Supreme Court has held that a Minnesota law barring “political apparel” at polling places is unconstitutional.

President Trump has unblocked Twitter users, but at the same time his lawyers are appealing the ruling that he can’t block Twitter users.

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.

A Federal Judge in New York has ruled that President Trump cannot block users from reading his tweets.

The requirement that the President be a “natural born citizen” is a historical anachronism that has outlived its usefulness or necessity.

The Judge presiding over the lawsuit brought by a group of Twitter users blocked by President Trump may have sent a hint about how she’s inclined to rule during a hearing this week.

Another lawsuit has been filed against Dick’s Sporting Goods over its policy barring gun sales based on age.

Is it legal for retail businesses to restrict gun sales based on age? The short answer appears to be yes.

Arguments advanced by those advocating a bill that would prevent Americans from participating in a boycott of Israel would not violate the First Amendment appear to be without merit.

Twitter users who have been blocked on the service by President Trump are suing him, claiming that their First Amendment rights have been violated.

In light of a recent Supreme Court decision, the Federal Government is ending its defense of an effort to revoke the trademarks of the Washington Redskins.

The Supreme Court ruled today that states may not exclude church-run schools from an aid program with a wholly secular purpose.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Federal Government cannot deny trademark protection because a requested trademark is “disparaging” to a racial or ethnic group.

If Donald Trump blocks you on Twitter does that constitute a First Amendment violation? Two Twitter users say yes, but their argument is very weak.

Even the most offensive speech is protected by the First Amendment.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled against a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding.

An important free speech case is coming up this week at the Supreme Court.

Reports of the demise of the Democratic Party have been greatly exaggerated.

Notwithstanding polling that indicates the American public disagrees with them, Senate Republicans emerged from a meeting today largely united on the idea of not giving any Supreme Court nominee named by President a hearing, or even the courtesy of a meeting.

A ruling in an unrelated case raises serious doubts about the law used to revoke the Washington Redskins trademarks because they are allegedly ‘disparaging.’

The Governors of Connecticut and New York are joining President Obama and Hillary Clinton in favor of a really bad idea.

The no-fly list is a flawed, arbitrary mess that has kept innocent people from flying for years. Using it to deny people rights recognized by the Constitution is, quite honestly, insane.

Rolling Stone faces yet another legal headache over last year’s story about a campus rape that never took place.

A Federal Judge has uphold a Patent Office ruling revoking the Redskins Trademarks on the ground that they are “disparaging” toward Native Americans.

The agency that runs Washington D.C.’s mass transit has banned all political ads after Pamela Gellar attempted to run an advertisement featuring a drawing of Mohammed.

The first of what is likely to be many defamation suits related to Rolling Stone’s discredited campus rape story has been filed.

A review of Rolling Stone’s now discredited report of a sexual assault at the University of Virginia reveals a shocking failure of journalistic ethics.

The Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of three students disciplined for wearing American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo