Outside the Beltway

Once again, Justice Ginsburg is telling people she has no plans to resign, but her explanation is a bit different this time.

A Federal Appeals Court has rejected a challenge to Obamacare based on a somewhat obscure provision of the Constitution.

Rick Perry and Rand Paul are highlighting what looks to be a coming battle inside the GOP over foreign policy.

Some people on the left are still trying to convince Ruth Bader Ginsburg that she needs to just step out on the ice floe already.

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.

The sad truth is that the bipartisanship that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 no longer exists today.

The Supreme Court rules that Recess Appointments can only be made when there’s actually a Congressional recess.

The left-right divide is worse than it has been in decades, and we’re paying the price.

Preserving the filibuster.

An unsurprising result in a lawsuit that never should have been filed

Another liberal legal scholar is calling on Justice Ginsburg to resign. She’s unlikely to listen to them.

Calling anyone a front-runner in a race where we’re still two years away from anyone casting votes is silly. Nonetheless, Rand Paul is an interesting guy to watch for those wondering if the GOP has actually changed.

If something is going to be done about an out of control National Security State, it’ll be because the American people demand it.

Mitch McConnell’s hopes to become Senate Majority Leader could hinge on what happens in his own state and in Georgia.

Chris Christie has had a very good month, and it’s ending with him with a strong lead among potential Republican candidates for 2016.

Yesterday’s change to the filibuster rule is likely to have little impact outside the beltway and the political chattering class.

It wasn’t a Thermonuclear move, more like something the size of Hiroshima, but today the Senate took an historic move nonetheless.

After the GOP blocked a series of Obama judicial nominees, Democrats are again threatening to go nuclear on filibuster reform.

The Junior Senator from Kentucky does some re-writing of history.

Legislation to ban discrimination in employment against gays and lesbians is set to make major gains in the Senate.

A partial setback for the pro-life crowd out of Texas.

The deal emerging out of the talks between Senator Reid and Senator McConnell is about what you’d expect, but it’s probably the best we can expect right now.

Ted Cruz wants his fellow Republicans to follow him down the rabbit hole again.

Democrats in the House will attempt to use an obscure House procedure to force an end to the government shutdown. It’s success is by no means guaranteed.

If nothing else, Ted Cruz’s quixotic mission has succeeded in cementing him in the minds of Republican voters.

Nazi comparisons are only helpful when discussing actual Nazis.

Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?

Ted Cruz is holding the Senate floor “until I can no longer speak,” but he still won’t be able to stop the Senate from going forward.

Nobody has moved a piece yet, but the outcome of the Obamacare battle in the Senate seems foreordained.