Outside the Beltway

Failed Senate candidate Roy Moore is suing several of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct during last year’s campaign.

The highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has introduced a bill that would effectively decriminalize marijuana nationwide and leave it up to each state to decide how far they wish to go with regard to cannabis regulation. It’s a huge step in the right direction.

Leland Bohannon objects to same-sex marriage on religious grounds. What rights should he have to act on that belief?

Normally attorneys would be jumping at the chance to represent the President of the United States. With Donald Trump, the lawyers are distancing themselves from him as fast as they can.

Within hours after the new Florida gun law was signed by Governor Rick Scott, the National Rifle Association had filed a lawsuit seeking to strike it down.

Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.

What the heck is going on in Kentucky and Tennessee?

The Department of Education announced yesterday that it will no longer investigate civil rights complaints from transgender students regarding bathroom access in public schools.

In May, Irish voters will vote on a referendum to remove the near-universal ban on abortion in the nation’s Constitution. And it looks as though it will pass.

Polling remains uncertain in the Alabama Senate race, but the odds favor Roy Moore.

Roy Moore wishes he was back in the days of cotton when families were close and African-Americans were enslaved.

After a long wait, gays and lesbians in Australia have achieved marriage equality.

The Supreme Court held oral argument in a case that pits First Amendment rights against the rights of LGBT Americans.

Jim Nabors, who became famous as Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle USMC, has died at the age of  87.

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

An overwhelming majority of Australians voted in favor of marriage equality in a non-binding referendum. The ball is now in the court of the nation’s legislature to move forward.

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

Democrats, Republicans, and Independents came out for an an election that can only been seen as a strong rebuke to President Trump and the Republican Party.

A new poll shows that a record majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, support legalization of marijuana.

Americans as a whole are becoming less religious and some people are panicking about it.

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.

Reversing an Obama Era position, the Justice Department has rescinded a legal interpretation that purported to apply previously adopted civil rights laws to transgender individuals.

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.

One of the legal giants in the Federal Judiciary has retired from the bench.

President Trump’s effort to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military faces two new legal challenges.

The First Amendment protects the rights even of the people who gathered in Charlottesville to promote hatred and violence, However, it does not shield them from the consequences of that speech.

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

Just about two weeks after being announced, the President’s proposed ban on military service by transgender troops is being challenged in Court.

A new study shows that Baby Boomers no longer account for the largest segment of voters in the United States.

Justice Kennedy is telling prospective law clerks for the term that beings in October 2018 that he is considering retiring at the end of the term that begins this October.

On the second anniversary of its decision in Obergefell, the Supreme Court struck another blow in favor of LGBT rights.

The Supreme Court has accepted the appeal of a Colorado baker in a case that will determine if claims of religious liberty and free expression outweigh the application of generally applicable laws against discrimination.

With tomorrow marking the end of the Court’s current term, there’s speculation that we could see Justice Anthony Kennedy stepping down.

A massive political miscalculation by Theresa May leads to an uncertain future in the United Kingdom.

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.

An assessment of the 45th President’s first 100 days.

Fulfilling a promise.

As expected, Senate Republicans invoked the so-called ‘nuclear option’ to move the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch forward to a final vote on Friday.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, but its reasoning is questionable at best.

Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is set to follow through on a campaign promise.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration has revoked guidelines to public schools that required accommodation of transgender students.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled against a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding.

After a year long experiment, Playboy is bringing nudity back.

Independent of the current controversy surrounding President Trump’s immigration order, Republicans in Congress are looking at a plan to break up the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

An initial setback for the Federal Government in its appeal of the ruling putting President Trump’s Muslim travel ban on hold.