Outside the Beltway

The New York Times looks into ties between a DC area law school and the Supreme Court.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

Old men still bitter about where they went to college.

Culling for the primary feeder job in American legal system begins in high school.

A silly workaround to an infuriating problem that won’t go away.

A brilliant journalist is gone at 44.

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

Republicans have died at a far higher rate than Democrats.

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

Is it time to call the whole thing off?

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

Because they’re indoctrinating the youth with their biased agendas and liberal, unfactual diastribes.

The public health community is divided on whether it’s a good idea.

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

A new way to think about the problem.

Outrage over the outrage is outrageous.

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

An interesting argument, albeit about a tiny and vastly over-discussed segment.

It turns out “the economy” isn’t just one thing.

A party invitation going terribly wrong.

On mandates and other miscellany.

J.D. Vance’s cynical suggestion.

Most aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

Put the frustration where it belongs.

The rate at which Americans are getting COVID shots is slowing rapidly.

What we know about those arrested for the 6 January insurrection.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

Another narrowly-crafted but overwhelming opinion from the Supreme Court.

Fulfilling a campaign promise and keeping the discussion alive.

Competing analogies and externalities.

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

What at first blush appears a case of hypocrisy and cancel culture is a violation of professional ethics.

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.

A story that is both unserious and yet emblematic of our age in a serious way.

Now, we’re just haggling over price.

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

Social media makes the line much harder to draw.

Another unassailable if boring cabinet choice.

A rather remarkable milestone in that it’s coming so late.

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

A book out today makes an odd case.

The policy was undeniably harmful and unconstitutional. Is it forgivable?

Amid protests over American airstrikes, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has become a target.

Lindsey Graham faces a potentially interesting challenge in his 2020 re-election bid.

New testimony from a former Trump adviser details how Rudy Giuliani was able to hijek American foreign policy.

With an eye on the trade war and the 2020 election, President Trump is increasing subsidies and mandates for corn-based ethanol.

The real crime is what’s legal.

While some Democrats are calling for the impeachment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Democrats on Capitol Hill aren’t nearly as eager to go down that road.