Outside the Beltway

The distance in accountability between the highest and the lowest must be shortened.

Without Congressional authorization, any attack on Syria would be illegal, but don’t expect Congress to do anything about it.

Wherein a law professor makes the absurd argument that the Electoral College, which exists pursuant to the Constitution, is unconstitutional.

As expected, the Republican-controlled House passed a bill that would ban most abortions after twenty weeks. It also happens to be completely unconstitutional and has no chance of actually becoming law.

Two Duke University academics make an incredibly weak, ultimately unpersuasive, argument in favor of eliminating midterm elections by changing the length of Congressional terms.

Would increasing the size of the House of Representatives be the cure for what ails Congress?

An idea whose time has come? Not really.

A Federal Appeals Court has rejected a challenge to Obamacare based on a somewhat obscure provision of the Constitution.

A Silicon Valley businessman says he has enough signatures to get it on the ballot, but the plan to break California up into six states is most assuredly going nowhere.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

Good intentions and good results aside, the President’s disrespect for the Rule Of Law should concern everyone.

Someone needs to give the Mayor of Warren, Michigan a lesson on what the First Amendment means.

David Brooks thinks that the problem with American Government is that the Presidency isn’t strong enough.

Contemporary Americans accept actions by the state that were once the cause for revolt.

Yesterday’s coup in Egypt, a day before we celebrate our own independence, reminds us of something else worth celebrating.

Taxing Ammunition Should Be Considered to Reduce Gun Violence

Would Liability Insurance Help Minimize Threats to Public Safety?

Did the Founding Fathers make it too hard to amend the Constitution? No, they didn’t.

A case pending in Maryland raises the question of when boorish online behavior crosses the line from protected speech to criminal act.