Outside the Beltway

Thanks largely to a series of court decisions, same-sex marriage is effectively legal in all of Mexico.

A new Michigan law allows religious-affiliated adoption agencies to turn away parents for religious reasons, and it seems fairly obvious what the target is in this case.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s doing quite well in Iowa anyway.

Marco Rubio seems to be in lockstep with the extreme social conservatives when it comes to same-sex marriage.

A minimum wage for thee, but not for me.

Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is continuing his absurd and dangerous war on the Supreme Court.

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

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.

Possibly big news out of Canada

Bernie Sanders is running for President. He’s not going to win, but he’s not running because he thinks he can win.

There is no excuse for last night’s rioting in Baltimore, but that should not deflect attention from the problems with that city’s police.

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.

The “racism” debate brought about by Barack Obama in 2000 is getting a spin-off.

Many of America’s top law firms have declined to accept cases defending bans on same-sex marriage, and that’s okay.

The devil is in the details of what the legislature passes, but Indiana’s Governor has essentially conceded defeat in the battle over his state’s controversial new “religious freedom” law.

Wisconsin has become the 25th “right to work” state.

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

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.

Scott Walker surged to the top of a new poll of Iowa Republicans, but Iowa is not a very good predictor of success in the race for the GOP nomination.

The State Of The Union Address was more of the same, and the same will be true of Washington going forward.

The two decade long argument over same-sex marriage appears headed for its final legal showdown.

NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot dead while sitting in their patrol car In Brooklyn. And those suggesting that anyone other than the killer has “blood on their hands” are being absurd.

An American freed from captivity, and potentially huge changes in America’s diplomatic and trade relationship with Cuba.

Many have suggested that prosecution of cases involving police misconduct should be handled by prosecutors who don’t work with local police departments on a regular basis. They’re right.

Fresh off his third statewide win in four years, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appears to be getting ready to run for President.

A collision between marriage equality and religious liberty, but it seems clear that religious liberty should win this one.

For the ninth time since 1974, the next Governor of Maine will likely be elected with less than 50% of the vote.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has made an incredibly weak argument in favor of his state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Bill Scher examines “How Republicans Lost the Culture War.”

Two more states are added to the list, with another three likely not far behind.

Why is the marriage ceremony the government’s concern?

John Boehner’s latest political move is designed mostly to appease the GOP base, but it’s likely a non-starter from a legal point of view.

A US-EU free trade zone is a no-brainer. But the devil is in the details.

The Supreme Court has limited the ability of public employee unions to force people to join their ranks.

A big step forward for the challenge to state-based bans on same-sex marriage.

Obsessing over what a politician believed in the past accomplishes nothing.

A landmark ruling out of California that could help propel a real debate on education reform.

The Virginia DMV is threatening to crackdown on companies providing innovative car services to consumers.

How the richest man in the world quickly changed the education curriculum in 45 states.

More problems for the planned 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

A partial victory, but a victory nonetheless.