Outside the Beltway

If you can name at least one of these people, you know more than two-thirds of your fellow citizens.

What does the US Constitution actually provide in terms of guidance for governance?

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 Scaiia’s dissent in Arizona v. United States included many odd forays into areas that had nothing to do with the case before him.

Today, the Supreme Court decided that mandatory life sentences for juveniles violate the 8th Amendment.

An unsurprising decision from the Supreme Court.

One law professor suggests that we need to double the size of the Supreme Court. Is he right?

The 1976 Pulitizer prize winner is phoning it in.

The Solicitor General had another bad day in Court yesterday.

This morning, the Justices pondered the fate of the PPACA if they strike down the individual mandate.

Yes, the US Constitution has been the most successful such document in human history. That does not mean it is a good template for other countries.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had some advice on Constitution drafting for Egyptians

The Supreme Court issued a somewhat muddled ruling on GPS tracking today.

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

Supreme Court nominees were confirmed quite easily within recent memory. What’s changed?

Florida’s new law requiring welfare recipients to pass drug tests seems to clearly violate the Fourth Amendment.

A few liberal law professors say Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should resign now so President Obama can pick her successor.

The Supreme Court struck down a ban on the sale of violent video games to children, a victory for the First Amendment and parental authority.

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has told prosecutors that they can get away with withholding evidence that clears an innocent defendant and never have to face the consequences of their action. That is an outrage.

The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral argument in a case where being on the right side means supporting some vile people, but that’s what the First Amendment is all about.

If there’s an area where our attitudes and behaviors have changed more radically in my lifetime than gender equality, I can’t think of it.

Students entering college today have never worn a wristwatch and think email is slow.

Are we nearing the point where presidents won’t be able to fill Supreme Court vacancies?

Once again, the Supreme Court affirmed today that there is no Constitutional right to receive public funds.

Enron’s Jeffrey Skilling and media mogul Conrad Black got new life today from the Supreme Court, who ruled the use of the “honest services” doctrine against them unconstitutionally vague.