Outside the Beltway

Thanks mostly to Republicans unhappy with the Court’s decisions on same-sex marriage and the Affordable Care Act, public disapproval of the Supreme Court is nearing a new high.

Public opinion on the Supreme Court has declined significantly, largely because Republicans don’t like the Supreme Court very much right now.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court let stand a ruling striking down North Carolina’s mandatory ultrasound law.

In a new poll, a majority of Americans identify as “pro-choice,” but a deeper look at the numbers reveals that abortion politics remains as complicated as ever.

Hillary Clinton told supporters she’d require Supreme Court nominees to pledge to overturn Citizens United, a decision she completely misrepresented.

House Republicans are set to vote on a bill banning abortion in almost all cases after twenty weeks. What they can’t do is explain where the Constitution gives Congress the power to do this.

As oral argument in the Supreme Court gets closer, a new poll finds public support for same-sex marriage at it’s highest level yet.

Justice Ginsburg acknowledges the fact that, over the past nineteen years, same-sex marriage has gone from something that most Americans oppose to something that most Americans are willing to accept.

The House was set to vote on a ban on abortion after 20 weeks that never would have become law today but they pulled the bill. Conservatives are annoyed, but it was smart politics in the long run.

The next President will have a profound ability to shape the future of the Supreme Court, but that is unlikely to be the most important issue on voters minds in 2016.

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

Mike Huckabee is threatening to leave the GOP if the party backs down on same-sex marriage. He’s bluffing.

The die is cast.

Mitch McConnell is making promises to pro-life groups that the GOP probably won’t keep, but it’s still a politically risky move.

Once again, the Supreme Court reminds us that limiting political speech is unconstitutional.

Marlise Munoz is finally at peace, but the law that kept her hooked up to machines for two months remains on the books.

Once, against Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes it clear she isn’t going anywhere.

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is the latest conservative to endorse the foolish idea of a Constitutional Convention.

A new poll shows public approval for the Supreme Court nearing a all-time low.

Why did House Republicans vote overwhelmingly for a bill that their own theories would find to be unconstitutional?

It’s going to be another eventful month for the Supreme Court.

Homicide rates are on pace to be lower than they were at the start of the 20th Century.

Justice Ginsburg made some interesting comments about Roe v. Wade recently. Could they be a signal about where the Court is headed on gay marriage?

When it comes to same-sex marriage, the GOP finds itself on the horns of a dilemma.

40 years after Roe v. Wade, support for the decision is still strong, but the effort to restrict it continues apace.

40 years later, the public continues to support the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade.

Some have criticized the President for delivering his gun control speech before a group of children.

The issue of same-sex marriage will be before the Supreme Court early next year.

Todd Akin says he will continue to be the Republican nominee for United States Senate from Missouri.

A columnist for The Guardian says she wishes her mother had aborted her.

Opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United continue to miss the point of what the case was really about.

Either the majority and dissenting opinions in NFIB v. Sebelius were among the sloppiest in Supreme Court history or the Chief Justice switched sides at the 11th hour.

With the Supreme Court’s decision imminent, many supporters of the PPACA are starting to second guess the Obama Administration’s legal strategy.

We don’t know what the Supreme Court will have to say about the Affordable Care Act, but their decision is already being attacked.

Public opinion of the Supreme Court has declined in recent years. But It’s not because of anything the Court did.

Is the Supreme Court risking it’s legitimacy if it strikes down the individual mandate?

Virginia has become the latest battleground for advocates of laws that define life as being at conception.

Ronald Reagan wasn’t really much a of a “Christian Conservative.”

Do the Republican candidates believe that American citizens have a right to privacy? Someone should ask them.

Did you know there was another GOP debate last night? Well, you didn’t miss much.

Like some other Republicans, Rick Santorum has an odd view of the judiciary.

Many of the Republican candidates for President advocate ideas that would restrict the power of the Federal Judiciary.

Herman Cain’s comments about abortion could pose a problem for him with social conservatives.

Last night’s Republican debate is likely to raise more questions about Rick Perry in the minds of voters.

Assuming that the President is easy to beat could cause Republicans to move too far to the right.