Outside the Beltway

Does “Occupy Wall Street” really represent the people they claim to be speaking for?

Obama’s Justice Department continues its crackdown on medical marijuana, despite campaign promises to the contrary.

The first Appeals Court decision on the Affordable Care Act was a victory for the government.

How many Texas politicians does it take to screw in a non-communist light bulb?

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.

The new health care law’s individual mandate was the subject of another bruising court battle yesterday, but the real question in the room was what, if any, are the limits on Congressional authority?

Despite yesterday’s victory for opponents of the Affordable Care Act, the prospects in the Supreme Court are not good.

What will Republicans think of a candidate for President who admitted to smoking marijuana as recently as two years ago?

Despite the Democrats sweeping quite literally every statewide office in California, Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization ballot issue, lost by 10 points.

The governator has terminated the use of welfare cards at medical marijuana shops, psychics, bail bond establishments, bingo halls, cruise ships and tattoo parlors.

California voters are two weeks away from possibly legalizing marijuana, but the Federal Government doesn’t care.

Oakland marijuana growers worry that regulation will turn their product from a niche specialty to a mass market commodity.