Outside the Beltway

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

Should states have the right to ban affirmative action? The Supreme Court will decide that this term.

A case from Nevada provides another example of police abuse, and a possible claim arising under the long-forgotten Third Amendment.

The Supreme Court has ducked an opportunity to expand the holdings in D.C. v. Heller

Another loss in the Federal Courts for the Defense Of Marriage Act.

Opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United continue to miss the point of what the case was really about.

Have Americans divided themselves into what are becoming increasingly different cultures?

Some questions for opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United.

A new set of proposed Constitutional Amendments reveals that many people still don’t understand what Citizens United was about.

Recent polls seem to indicate a shift in public opinion in a more libertarian direction.

Operation Odyssey Dawn has resurrected the eternal battle over what limits there are, and should be, on the President’s ability to use military force without Congressional authorization.

A look at history reveals that President Obama’s decision to decline to defend Section Three of DOMA is hardly unprecedented.

Judge Gladys Kessler upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, but she did so by essentially ruling that the Interstate Commerce Clause means whatever Congress wants it to mean.

New York Times writer Adam Liptak discovers that a Supreme Court decision protecting “corporate speech” might not be a bad thing considering that he works for a corporation.

The Supreme Court’s refusal to take up the appeal of a far-reaching Commerce Clause case may indicate rough times ahead for challenges to ObamaCare

Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is speaking positively about an Amendment that would drastically alter the relationship between the Federal Government and the states, and a method of ratifying it that could do serious damage to the Constitution as a whole.

The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral argument in a case where being on the right side means supporting some vile people, but that’s what the First Amendment is all about.

Has modern life robbed America’s youth of their ability to think? Or simply caused them to think in different ways about different things?

Some lawyers make a fabulous salary right out of law school. Most don’t.