Outside the Beltway

The science and ethics are not the hardest part of determining who should go first.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

Same endless song, different verse.

Injecting data into the conversation.

Trump basically confirmed all but one aspect of the Atlantic story.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

Remember how people used to think he was playing multi-dimensional chess?

The President has hit rock bottom.

Roll Damn Tide.

The trend line shifted this week.

A shocking and yet completely unsurprising development.

Is the Chief Justice laying a trap or simply ‘calling balls and strikes’?

A reprise of an almost identical case with a different group of Justices–and the Chief Justice switching sides.

Gatherings involve risk at the moment.

Leadership matters (as does sources of news).

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

But they weren’t shouting it from the rooftops.

This could be a very long series.

Republicans are half as likely to take the outbreak seriously.

A case that should never have made it to the Supreme Court.

Anti-Biden ads using the former President’s words are being aimed at black voters.

Lee Boyd Malvo may be eligible for parole in two years.

A newly filed lawsuit seeks to blunt expected efforts in 2020 to “ratify” the Equal Rights Amendment even though it effectively died nearly 40 years ago.

One weird trick for knowing if a given action will affect public opinion on Trump.

Ted Cruz is the latest Republican Senator to repeat discredited Kremlin-backed conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election.

Even as candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to base their campaigns on it, Democrats appear to be growing skeptical of ‘Medicare For All.’

After two weeks of hearings, public opinion has not moved very much on the impeachment of the President.

In what many are seeing as a rebuke of the President, Louisiana voters re-elected Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards over his Republican opponent.

Jeff Sessions is running to win back his old Senate seat, putting into play the possibility of a clash with President Trump.

It’s mostly a quiet Election Day around the country, but there are some races for Governor worth watching.

A current defense of Trump raises an ancient political question.

As widely expected, yesterday’s “jungle primary” in the Louisiana Governor’s race ended with nobody winning a majority.

When the facts make for a poor defense, attack the process.

The Supreme Court returns to work today with a significant number of high-profile cases on its docket.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky finds himself in he middle of an historic American scandal, and with a new nickname.

The Trump campaign and several other parties have filed lawsuits challenging California’s new law requiring candidates for President to release copies of their tax returns.

Everything you always wanted in a hearing. And less.

On Wednesday, much of official Washington, and likely a good part of the country itself, will pause to watch what are likely to biggest hearings since the late 1980s.

How insidious talking points spread in the modern media environment.

California’s legislature has passed a law purporting to require candidates for President to release copies of their tax returns, but it’s likely to face legal challenges if it becomes law.

A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?

The job laid out by the Framers in Article II of the Constitution has expanded a mite.

A new poll finds that public support for abortion rights is increasing, but it also shows growing support for extreme views at both ends of the spectrum.

The last of the World War II code talkers from the Mohawk tribe has passed away at the age of 94

Kamala Harris is trying to jump-start her Presidential campaign with an idea for a new law, but it’s probably unconstitutional and would never get through Congress.

New polling shows support for abortion rights rising amid a plethora of new laws aimed at striking down Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court sent a signal yesterday that seems to indicate how it might deal with future abortion law challenges and it doesn’t bode well for pro-lifers.

A Federal Judge in Mississippi has blocked Mississippi’s law that purports to ban abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat.

A new poll shows that roughly two-thirds of Americans, including a large number of Republicans, do not want to see Roe v. Wade overturned.