Outside the Beltway

Another win for forces fighting partisan Gerrymandering.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Government’s appeal of the Trump Administration’s revised Muslim Travel Ban

A group of 21 states has filed a petition to review the F.C.C.’s recent net neutrality rule changes, but it faces an uncertain future.

The GOP’s potential troubles in 2018 don’t just exist at the Congressional level.

A Federal Court in North Carolina has issued a stinging ruling against the partisan gerrymandering undertaken by the Republican legislature in that state.

Donald Trump’s latest Twitter rant is one of his most bizarre.

Attempts to pre-pay property taxes lead to confusion and frustration.

Late yesterday, a panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling striking down the latest version of Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban.

A Judge in New York has dismissed a lawsuit against the President based on two provisions of the Constitution that had never been ruled on before.

Transgender Americans will be able to enlist in the military beginning January 1st thanks to a ruling from a Federal District Court Judge.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a second case dealing with political Gerrymandering.

The Supreme Court is allowing the latest version of Donald Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban to go into effect.

Senator Al Franken faces new charges of sexually inappropriate conduct on the same day that House Democrats are beginning to pressure one of their members to resign.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in what could end up being a landmark case on the issue of the scope of Fourth Amendment rights in the 21st Century.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear yet another Second Amendment case.

For the second time in as many months, a Federal Court is blocking the Administration’s ban on transgender troops in the military.

A Federal Judge in Washington, D.C. has blocked the Trump Administration from implementing its ban on transgender soldiers.

Two Federal Judges have issued orders blocking the latest version of President Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban.

And even moreso when they are consciously created by the winner.

The District of Columbia has decided not to risk an appeal of a lower court ruling striking down its restrictive concealed-carry law.

Reports are indicating that President Trump will decertify the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. This would be a foolish and potentially dangerous mistake.

Previewing the next term of the Supreme Court, which starts today.

More evidence of apparent Russian-backed efforts to interfere in the election.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

President Trump’s effort to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military faces two new legal challenges.

The pardoning of Joe Arpaio was distasteful and an affront to the Rule of Law, but it was completely within the powers of the President and should not be a ground for impeachment.

Not surprisingly, the District of Columbia is seeking review of last month’s decision on its concealed-carry law by the full Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

It’s time to stop honoring the symbols of a nation of racist traitors.

A good choice for an important position.

In a decision that hands a victory to both sides, the Supreme Court has partly upheld, and partly lifted, the stay on President Trump’s Executive Order that banned travel from six majority-Muslim nations.

Nearly 200 Members of Congress and the Senate have filed suit against President Trump alleging that he is violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

Maryland and the District of Columbia are suing President Trump based on alleged violations of two provisions of the Constitution that have never been litigated before.

The Trump Administration’s Muslim Travel Ban suffers another defeat at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court accepted a case that will determine whether the Fourth Amendment allows law enforcement to obtain location data without a search warrant.

President Trump took to Twitter again this morning and promptly shot himself in the foot.

The Administration suffers another defeat in defense of its effort to ban Muslim immigrants.

Another day in Court for President Trump’s Muslim ban.

With a government shutdown looming at the end of the week, the Administration has appeared to back away from a demand that a government funding bill include money allocated for the President’s promised border wall.

Even the most offensive speech is protected by the First Amendment.

States are considering laws that would require candidates for President to release their tax returns, but such laws are probably unconstitutional.

Two more losses for the Trump Administration.

The National Weather Service didn’t want to confuse the public by changing the forecast at the last minute.

An unusual, if not unexpected, mass firing at the Justice Department on Friday afternoon.

A majority of Americans support appointment of an Independent Counsel to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 election and the Trump’s campaign’s ties to Russia, but we should be careful before taking this step.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Maryland’s ban on certain so-called “assault weapons,” but it’s unclear if the Supreme Court will even take up the case.

An unsurprising ‘resignation’ from the shortest-serving National Security Adviser in history.