Outside the Beltway

It appears that there will be no Federal charges against George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin. This is not a surprise.

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.

The next Attorney General will likely see their nomination taken up by Senators who will not be in office past December. That’s somewhat disturbing, but it’s become all too common in Washington.

One of last members of President Obama’s original cabinet is stepping aside.

A Federal investigation of lane closures on the George Washington Bridge appears to vindicate Governor Chris Christie.

A Federal Judge in Ohio has issued a very troubling ruling on that state’s early voting law.

The shooting of Michael Brown is just another example of an ongoing problem.

A major voting rights ruling out of North Carolina.

Another Obamacare case is heading to the Supreme Court, but it’s unclear if they’ll agree to hear it, or when they’d hear it if they did.

The Grey Lady sees the light on a major part of the War On Drugs.

Contradictory rulings from two Federal Courts of Appeal show that statutory construction isn’t a simple thing.

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.

The justice system works, there’s no need to scrap it.

We’ve seen a notable number of 9-0 Supreme Court decisions this term, but that doesn’t mean that the side that lost was making an extreme or meritless argument.

After appearing to be at the end of his political career, Thad Cochran has pulled off a surprising victory over his Tea Party backed challenger.

The IRS’s claim that it lost some unknown number of Lois Lerner’s emails doesn’t really add up.

All of a sudden, the IRS announced it doesn’t have communications records it once claimed it did have.

There’s essentially no analogue in the civilian justice system. Here’s why.

Another legal victory for marriage equality.

The Supreme Court rejected another opportunity to clarify Federal Law on testimonial immunity for journalists.

A victory for Federalism and sanity in the War On Drugs.

Two news items yesterday advanced in some small measure the protection of journalists from having to reveal sources under Court Order.

James Oliphant asks, “Why Hasn’t the GOP Treated Fort Hood Like Benghazi?”

A legal setback for Voter ID laws in Wisconsin.

Chase is closing accounts because it doesn’t like the career their customers have chosen.

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

Perhaps some justice for the casualties in the War On Drugs

Despite the fact that she asserted her right against self-incrimination, a House Committee has voted to hold Lois Lerner in contempt for refusing to testify.

A pattern continues.

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

President Obama’s new rules for killing Americans with drones are proving inconvenient.

Yes. Amanda Knox could be extradited.

The American justice system is unique.

About 1,000 same-sex couples married in Utah before the Supreme Court stay find themselves in an odd legal limbo.

An excellent argument for immigration reform can be found in the case of one Californian named Sergio Garcia.

Developments overnight in a small but controversial issue raised by the PPACA.

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.

The Justice Department is reportedly not planning to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in connection with the Bradley Manning case.

Does the Attorney General really think advocacy is a crime?

A second Federal Court of Appeals in a week in two weeks has ruled the PPACA’s birth control mandate is unconstitutional.

Portland, Maine seems to about to make some progress in the fight against dumb laws.

So much for the most transparent Administration in history.