Outside the Beltway

The Texas Senator is threatening to block any bill dealing with the border crisis that doesn’t defund the relief President Obama granted to children of illegal immigrants last year.

Just some things to consider about Common Core standards.

A case pending in Federal Court in Washington, D.C. could pose new legal problems for the Affordable Care Act

My latest for The National Interest, “Europe’s Free Ride on the American-Defense Gravy Train,” has posted.

Jose Antonio Vargas was brought to the U.S. at the age of 12 and never left. Now, some are suggesting he should be deported as soon as possible.

That ball is in your court, Congress.

John Boehner’s latest political move is designed mostly to appease the GOP base, but it’s likely a non-starter from a legal point of view.

My latest collaboration with Butch Bracknell, “Ahmed Abu Khattala and the Miranda-Rights Question,” has posted in The National Interest.

Hobby Lobby Is an important decision, but it’s one that the Supreme Court handed down a week earlier that will have the widest impact.

Ed Klein says he has “Democrat sources” who Obama wants Warren to continue his mission to “transform America into a European-style democratic-socialist state.”

Americans disapprove of how the President is handling Iraq, but they don’t like what his critics are proposing either.

The Supreme Court has limited the ability of public employee unions to force people to join their ranks.

Is ISIS’s reach about to exceed its grasp?

The justice system works, there’s no need to scrap it.

For some reason, President Obama wants to arm so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels.

When it comes to Iraq, the media only seems to be giving Americans one side of the story.

We’ve seen a notable number of 9-0 Supreme Court decisions this term, but that doesn’t mean that the side that lost was making an extreme or meritless argument.

The Supreme Court rules that Recess Appointments can only be made when there’s actually a Congressional recess.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

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

Yet more adventures in bad records retention policy at the IRS.

There is no such thing as a consistent free market, limited government case in favor of restricting immigration, whether legal or illegal.

More bad poll numbers for the President.

If President Obama does decide to use military force in Iraq, he should be required to seek Congressional approval beforehand.

Iraq is falling apart for reasons that have nothing to do with President Obama or his policies.

The Iraqi government seems to be panicking.

Thanks largely to Administration mistakes, the Bergdahl deal is not going over well.

Hillary Clinton remains at the top of the polls, but she’s got at least one big vulnerability.

The establishment wins one in Virginia, but that’s unlikely to help the GOP in November

Trying to make some sense out of a week of outrage.

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

Good intentions aren’t an excuse for failure to follow the law.

It’s good that Bowe Bergdahl is free, but questions remain about how he went missing that need to be answered.

Politics.

The EPA’s new carbon rules leave much to be desired.

The Supreme Court rejected another opportunity to clarify Federal Law on testimonial immunity for journalists.

Rumors are circulating again that the House GOP may make an immigration reform pitch before the midterm elections.

The Obama White House rejected Republican criticism of the deal that led to the release of the only American Prisoner Of War from the Afghanistan War.