Outside the Beltway

Not surprisingly, the F.C.C. has rejected a petition to ban the word “Redskins” from the airwaves.

Many have suggested that prosecution of cases involving police misconduct should be handled by prosecutors who don’t work with local police departments on a regular basis. They’re right.

The House of Representatives has filed its lawsuit against the President. As expected, it doesn’t amount to much.

What if the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting fails to indict Officer Darren Wilson? We may find out if newly leaked evidence is accurate.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are pushing back against Apple and Google’s efforts to provide greater privacy to users.. They’re wrong.

There are legitimate issues regarding Presidential overreach and separation of powers that President Obama’s actions while in office have raised. But none of that will be discussed in our hyperpartisan political culture.

However you feel about the Redskins name, the decision to retroactively repeal their trademarks is troubling on many levels.

Good intentions aren’t an excuse for failure to follow the law.

The Justice Department thinks police should be able to search the smart phones of anyone arrested for anything.

Another Federal District Court ruling on the Constitutionality of the NSA’s data mining program, this time more favorable to the NSA.

There’s a potentially fatal legal argument looming out there for the PPACA.

A Federal District Court Judge struck down part of Utah’s law against polygamy brought by the stars of TLC’s “Sister Wives.”

Not raising the debt ceiling will create a true constitutional/legal crisis.

The Obama administration has issued a strongly worded statement on this morning’s massacre by the Egyptian government.

On a slow news day, a major concession on Obamacare

NSA Metadata coming to a courtroom near you?

A song written when Grover Cleveland was President is still protected by Copyright Law. That makes no sense at all.

Are civil liberties once again at risk in the wake of the bombing attack in Boston?

Big Brother is watching us. And he may be watching us a lot more after what happened in Boston.

There’s a lot we still don’t know about what happened in Boston, so maybe it’s time to stop speculating.

A new poll finds strong support for raising taxes on other people and staunch opposition to cutting programs that benefit themselves.

Increasingly, the right of people to speak is being sacrificed in the name of “tolerance” and “security.”

It’s no wonder partisans can’t agree with each other when they can’t even agree what the facts are.

An Atlantic story on veterans returning to college is both poignant and miscast.

One law professor suggests that we need to double the size of the Supreme Court. Is he right?

Voters don’t seem all that interesting in the things that the political media becomes obsessed with.

As societal attitudes change, what counts as an insult so bad you can sue someone over it also changes.

The Founders would never have thought to do more than count people in the Census!

Like it or not, what you do online will be of interest to someone looking to hire you.

The Etch A Sketch meme isn’t nearly as powerful as those pushing it believe it to be.

The GOP Establishment is in crisis, but it has nobody to blame but itself.

Should we be outraged over the manner in which Muammar Gaddafi died? I’m not losing any sleep over it.

In its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will examine the question whether police can track people via GPS without first obtaining a warrant.

With most of the public looking at the future and not seeing anything good, the President is suffering

Henry Farrell provides his reading list for his fall PhD-level course on institutions and politics at George Washington University.

The job approval numbers for Congress are at historic lows, but will that matter in 2012?

Dennis Kucinich and nine other Members of Congress are suing the President. They won’t get very far.

President Obama’s budget speech was light on specifics, but that’s because it was really the opening salvo of the 2012 campaign.

The GOP seems to be telling President Obama that revenue increases are off the table. That’s a huge mistake.