Outside the Beltway

A volunteer for an Oklahoma Sheriff’s Department killed a suspect thanks to what can only be described as extreme criminal negligence.

Freedom of speech means freedom for all speech, even when it is racially offensive.

Once again, the Supreme Court appears to be sharply divided on the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

Reflecting a growing national trend away from the barbarity of capital punishment, the Governor of Pennsylvania has imposed a moratorium on executions in the Keystone State.

By refusing to stay the legalization of same-sex marriage in Alabama, the Supreme Court has sent the strongest signal yet that it is ready to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

Several Tea Party backed Members of Congress claim to be challenging John Boehner in tomorrow’s vote for Speaker. They are, of course, delusional.

Nebraska and Oklahoma are suing Colorado over the Centennial State’s decision to legalize marijuana, but they don’t seem to have much of a case.

You’ve got your playoff College Football fans, as imperfect as it was inevitably going to be.

A 69-year-old former polygraph examiner for the Oklahoma City police department has been indicted for coaching people to thwart the machines.

The process that seems likely to lead to a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage has begun.

The GOP is dominant in the Southern United States, but it’s unlikely to last as long as Democratic dominance of the region did.

Voter Turnout was lower this year than in any midterm since the one held eleven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Somewhat surprisingly, the Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of a case that could completely gut the financial structure of the Affordable Care Act.

An unsurprising ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that only seems to bring closer the day when same-sex marriage will be legal nationwide.

The Supreme Court’s expansion of same-sex marriage seems to be sitting well with the American public.

In the space of one week, we’ve gone from 19 states that recognize same-sex marriage to 29. Soon, it will be 35.

The die is cast.

By failing to act, the Supreme Court has effectively legalized same-sex marriage in eleven more states.

A legal setback for the Affordable Care Act, but the important arguments on this issue lie in higher courts.

A fired Oklahoma worker beheaded a woman and was attacking another when he was shot. Workplace violence? Or terrorism.

Opponents of marriage equality clearly don’t like the idea of a “big tent” in the GOP on the issue.

Justice Ginsburg had some interesting things to say about the same-sex marriage cases headed to the Supreme Court.

Another Federal appellate Court has struck down state law bans on same-sex marriage, but the only thing that matters now is the Supreme Court.

A trial court judge in Tennessee is the first jurist since the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Windsor to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage

Another Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in on the marriage equality debate.

Another step closer to the Supreme Court.

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.

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

The Supreme Court’s next term doesn’t start for three months, but it’s becoming clear that the Justices will have to deal with marriage equality when it does.

Hobby Lobby wins, but it’s unclear just how far this opinion will go.

A big step forward for the challenge to state-based bans on same-sex marriage.

Incumbency is a powerful advantage.

The people are ready. Is the Supreme Court?

A turning point in public opinion?

How the richest man in the world quickly changed the education curriculum in 45 states.

A 13 month string of legal victories for marriage equality reaches Oregon.

A Tea Party battle in the Cornhusker State

Rick Perry continues to hint at another Presidential run.

The Mason-Dixon Line says it starts in Maryland, but that no longer seems to be the case.

The Democrats have a big advantage in the Electoral College, at least for now.

Sooner than one might have expected, Republicans are starting to battle over the issue of marriage equality.