Outside the Beltway

More proportional than the GOP, but perhaps not as proportional as one might think.

Jon Bel Edwards is a reminder that our divide is cultural, not just partisan.

We’ve soon see whether the current Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade.

China has retaliated for the tariffs that the President imposed late last week, and things look like they’re only going to get worse.

The Trump Administration is taking an unnecessarily militaristic approach toward Iran, and that poses real dangers for the country and for the Middle East.

California is the latest state to try to force all Presidential candidates, including the President, to release their tax returns as a condition for getting on the ballot. It’s not at all clear that this is permitted under the Constitution.

Are people fleeing blue states to avoid repressive taxes? It depends who you’re asking.

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

Sometimes symbolism is important. This is one of those times.

Based on his job approval numbers, President Trump could face an uphill battle in 2020.

A new poll shows that most Americans believe the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision should remain the law on the land. Opinion on other abortion-related issues is more divided.

Supreme Court watcher Jeffrey Toobin speculates that Clarence Thomas could be the next Supreme Court Justice to step aside.

Late last night, the Supreme Court blocked a Louisiana abortion law from going into effect, the first significant abortion rights ruling since Justice Kavanaugh took the bench.

Is it possible that the solution to the government shutdown is letting the President pretend he got funding for his border wall even though he didn’t?

The Senate passed a bill that keeps the government funded through the beginning of February, but fails to provide any funding for the President’s border wall.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving state laws banning Medicaid reimbursement for non-abortion services provided by Planned Parenthood.

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

Even as its leader continues to deny the reality of Global Climate Change, the Trump Administration has released an utterly devastating report on the impact of such change over the course of the coming decades.

In what seems like another effort at a cover-up, the Vatican vetoed a plan by American Bishops to address the Catholic Church’s abuse scandal.

The vise is tightening on the Catholic Church.

After nearly a year, Trump’s trade policies are having their inevitable negative impact inside the United States.

After a day of political pressure, Senate Republicans have agreed to hold a hearing regarding the sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh next week.

President Trump’s short list of potential Supreme Court nominees consists mostly of conventionally conservative, well-qualified, jurists.

The odds of an immigration bill passing the House were already low. This morning, President Trump pretty much guaranteed failure.

House Republicans are supposed to vote on one or more immigration bills this week, but can’t even agree what their policy should be.

It isn’t a primary and it is an illustration of how electoral rules affect behavior.

Earlier this week, the Illinois legislature ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. What’s unclear is if this act has any meaning at all.

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that reaffirmed a principle that should be axiomatic, namely the idea that a Defendant has the sole authority to decide whether or not to concede guilt.

A new lawsuit seeks to have the 2012 DACA program declared unconstitutional.

Republicans are worried about 2018, and they’re even more worried that they have a President who is refusing to acknowledge political reality.

Republicans on Capitol Hill and in positions of power are slavishly backing their President over their country. They should be ashamed.

A Federal Judge in Texas has ruled that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is barred by Federal Law. Legally speaking, this is a tenuous argument at best.

Paul Ryan won’t be running for re-election this year, opening up both a Congressional seat and a leadership spot.

An artist discovered via discussion in the comments section.

Maryland’s legislature is considering a law that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns. It’s probably not Constitutional.

President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.

The February 2 episode of This American Life gets at some of my frustrations over our inability to have a meaningful discussion about pretty much anything.

President Trump’s military parade would come with a not insignificant cost.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

Just three weeks after their home was hit by a devastating storm, Donald Trump is attacking Puerto Ricans for not recovering from the storm sooner.

The latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act appears to be dead.

Senate Republicans have ten days to act on their last-ditch attempt to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare, and it’s not at all clear if they have the votes to do so.

President Trump is threatening to end a program that has benefited at least 750,000 innocent people.

Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times suffers a significant setback.

The president’s begrudging condemnation of evil didn’t last long.

A new poll shows that most Americans want Republicans want to move on from their failed effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.