Outside the Beltway

Drip, Drip, Drip?

No, we don’t have to presume that Roy Moore is “innocent until proven guilty.”

The differing reactions among Republicans in Washington and the base of the Republican Party to the charges against Roy Moore have enhanced a civil war inside the Republican Party.

New York Senator Kristen Gillibrand says Bill Clinton should have resigned over his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Raising the question of just how stringently we should apply the standards of today to the events of the past.

Could the tide be turning in the Alabama Senate race against Roy Moore? At least some polling indicates the answer could be yes.

House Republicans passed their tax reform bill. That was the easy part.

A Los Angeles reporter says that Minnesota Senator Al Franken groped her and engaged in other inappropriate conduct during a 2006 USO tour.

The charges against Roy Moore continue to mount as national Republicans continue to push back against him.

A Fox News host has debunked the Uranium One conspiracy theory being pushed by his own network.

Since taking office, President Trump has made an average of 5.5 false claims per day.

Another Alabama woman accuses Roy Moore of sexually assaulting him when she was a teenager.

Roy Moore’s most die-hard defenders are living in a world of their own, and it’s unlikely they’ll change their minds.

An attempt to explain the consequences of institutional design.

The Moore situation illustrates the nonhierarchical nature of US parties. This is nothing new.

While many on the right are condemning Roy Moore, there are far too many prevaricators and defenders out there.

Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore is accused of having molested a 14-year-old girl when he was in his 30s.

New polling shows Democratic nominee Ralph Northam continuing to lead Republican Ed Gillespie in the Virginia Governor’s race, but anything is still possible with three weeks to go until Election Day.

A new poll shows Democratic nominee Doug Jones tied with twice-removed former Chief Justice Roy Moore in Alabama’s Senate race, but it’s still too early to be optimistic.

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon is declaring war on Republicans in the Senate.

A sign of hope that Alabama voters could end up rejecting the far-right theocratic politics of Roy Moore? Possibly.

Trump loses his HHS Secretary amid a growing scandal involving the use of private and government jets by Cabinet officials.

Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama is raising fears of a wider battle in the Republican Party heading into 2018.

Most Americans don’t support President Trump’s statements about the protests by N.F.L. players, but it’s just another example of him using hateful rhetoric to pander to his base.

Despite, or perhaps because of, his bigoted, radical, far-right positions on the issues, Roy Moore beat the sitting Senator from Alabama in a runoff election that essentially guarantees that he will win the General Election later this year.

Some quick thoughts on Moore v. Strange.

The twice-removed Chief Justice is likely getting a promotion.

On the special election for US Senate in Alabama

Two years after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling, nearly two-thirds of Americans support the idea of legal marriage rights for gay and lesbian Americans.

Roy Moore, who is currently on suspension, has resigned as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in order to challenge Luther Strange for his seat in the US Senate.

It looks like we won’t have Roy Moore to kick around anymore.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has been removed from office again.

Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore tells Probate Judges they should not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, in clear defiance of the law and his duties as an officer of the Court.

The Attorney General of Texas is responding to the Supreme Court’s marriage ruling by telling Clerk’s who issue marriage license that they are free to ignore the law.

In week a that has seen discussion of lost causes, the Chief Justice of the Alabama Surpreme Court appears poised to fight one last battle.

Two Republican candidates for President say that Republican elected officials should simply ignore the Supreme Court if it strikes down bans on same-sex marriage.

Sadly whenever Alabama is first at something (save perhaps in football) it is never for something good.

Roy Moore and six of his fellow Judges on the Alabama Supreme Court have a rather bizarre view of Constitutional Law.

In the end, there is no difference between Roy Moore resisting a Federal Court Order related to same-sex marriage and George Wallace’s efforts to block desegregation.

Roy Moore is at it again.

Back to the Ten Commandments and Alabama politics.

Three of the Justices who ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in Iowa have been removed by the voters. That strikes me as the beginning of a dangerous trend.