Outside the Beltway

A case out of Louisiana raises serious First Amendment issues.

The South Dakota Republican Party has officially endorsed the impeachment of President Obama.

Once again, Republicans are attacking someone for doing a job the Bill of Rights itself makes necessary and important.

The Army is sending a strong message on sexual assault. It picked the wrong poster boy.

The First Amendment protects government employees who testify truthfully.

Good intentions and good results aside, the President’s disrespect for the Rule Of Law should concern everyone.

A bizarre case in Alabama highlights a more bizarre judicial precedent.

An excellent argument for immigration reform can be found in the case of one Californian named Sergio Garcia.

In a new interview, Edward Snowden explains his motives for absconding from the country with NSA secrets.

Johnny can’t write, either.

CNN reports that CIA is going to great lengths to keep operatives from talking about what happened at Benghazi.

Egyptians celebrated last night, but the future is far from clear.

Outrage over leaks like those that Edward Snowden makes doesn’t exist when its politicians doing the leaking.

The NSA’s data mining project is about more than just subpoenas for cell phone records.

Eric Holder’s testimony before Congress is leading to accusations of perjury, but the argument that he did so seem pretty weak.

A major change in policy by the Boy Scouts.

A top IRS official will reportedly invoke her 5th Amendment rights rather than testify before Congress tomorrow.

After many attempts to manufacture grand scandals out of very little, Republicans may finally have a legitimate outrage on their hands.

In fact, yes: the demand for drugs does come largely from the US.

A former Navy SEAL charges that Blackwater snipers killed American citizens in New Orleans during Katrina’s aftermath.

Some people on the right apparently want to return to this map.

Let’s take a trip back in time to see what some conservatives thought 2012 would look like if Barack Obama were elected President.

There is nothing wrong with healthy skepticism (which is different than outright denialism).

Good journalism? Or, bad ethics?

Apparently, questioning someone who may have violated their probation on the way to contributing to a series of international incidences is a major civil liberties violation.

Lance Armstrong joins a long line of the greatest athletes of his generation whose glory was fueled by performance enhancing drugs.

The Romney campaign has apparently decided to be more aggressive in its attacks on the President, which poses serious risks for the campaign.

Lies and misrepresentations in politics seem to be something the American people have come to, if not accept, at least expect.

Regardless of how the Court rules on the Affordable Care Act, the upcoming election has the potential to reshape the Court for decades to come.

Justice.

After a nine week trial, Roger Clemens was acquitted of perjury charges this afternoon. What that means for his future in the world of baseball is unclear.

Frustrated by its inability to get laws passed through Congress, the Obama administration has decided to stop following laws already passed by Congress.

Both candidates are telling the public that they can change the way Washington works. They’re both setting themselves up to be the source of major disappointment.

Mitt Romney gained some ground in Swing State polling, but that just makes clear how narrow his path to 270 Electoral Votes actually is.