Outside the Beltway

Mitch McConnell’s hopes to become Senate Majority Leader could hinge on what happens in his own state and in Georgia.

Republican leaders continue to say stupid things. They may still retake the Senate in November.

From Florida, a small victory for Fourth Amendment rights.

The New York Times Benghazi report raises as many questions as it purports to answer.

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

In an ordinary post-recession world, we wouldn’t need to talk about extended unemployment benefits, but times are far from ordinary.

Republicans have some good ideas about overhauling how they pick a nominee. Unfortunately, it’s hard to see how most of them can be enforced.

80 years ago, Prohibition ended. However, we are still making the same mistakes that were made from 1920 to 1933.

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

It wasn’t a Thermonuclear move, more like something the size of Hiroshima, but today the Senate took an historic move nonetheless.

Congressional Democrats are not very pleased with the White House right now.

The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.

Chris Christie did as well as expected last night, but that’s just the beginning.

Even if it were functioning properly the Federal Health Care Exchange website would still have problems.

Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.

The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP

Wal-Mart has fired an employee for coming to the aid of a customer being assaulted in the parking lot.

Should states have the right to ban affirmative action? The Supreme Court will decide that this term.

The outlines of a possible new GOP proposal are emerging. Can it go anywhere?

The Miley Cyrus of college football will be back too soon.

The Sacramento Bee has released this remarkable video of President Gerald Ford testifying about the assassination attempt by Lynnette “Squeaky” Fromme.

Courts gave the NSA broad powers to intercept overseas communications of Americans . . . 30 years ago.

Detroit is bankrupt, but that isn’t stopping the Red Wings from getting $400 million in taxpayer subsidies for their new stadium.

A major ruling on recognition of same-sex marriages out of Ohio.

Just as the auto industry has, painfully, had to learn to adapt to a new world, the city will as well even if that means becoming a shadow of its former self.

In a move that was perhaps inevitable, the City of Detroit has filed for Bankruptcy Court protection.

Evidence that George Zimmerman acted out of racial bias is completely lacking, which means the Federal Government should stay out of this case entirely.

The GOP’s chances to take over the Senate became much better over the weekend.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

The future legal impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage was on full display in two cases out of Michigan.

Thanks to archaic state laws, you can look at cars in a Tesla showroom, but in my states you can’t but anything there.

The Supreme Court’s decision on Affirmative Action in education didn’t go as far as many thought it would, but it’s future in the near-term seems fairly clear.

Detroit faces some immense problems. Papering over them with short term deals with creditors isn’t going to solve them.

As of today, John Dingell has been a Member of Congress for 20,997 days, a new record. That’s not something to celebrate.

New developments in a still very new area of the law.