Outside the Beltway

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.

A new look at the allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh uncovers some new evidence.

An incident this week in Arkansas is just the latest example of a depressing and dangerous trend.

Billionaire Tom Steyer is apparently planning to enter the 2020 Democratic Presidential race.

Presidential v. parliamentary democracy, some basics.

A law review article written when the former was a student provides an interesting contrast.

Can the commander-in-chief’s tweets be unlawful command influence?

The Supreme Court ordered a new trial in the case of a Mississippi defendant whose trial was tainted by a prosecutor who routinely struck black jurors from the jury pool.

We’ve soon see whether the current Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade.

Stacey Abrams, best known for losing the race for Governor of Georgia in 2018, is still apparently thinking of getting in the race. Her chances seem slim at best.

US higher education is made up of far more than just the Ivies and other elite schools.

How finite is prestige?

Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are the most famous of dozens of rich folks trying to get their kids into elite schools.

President Trump’s impending decision to declare a national emergency to get funding for his border wall will quickly face serious legal challenges. It may be more vulnerable than the White House suspects.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is the latest entrant into the race for the 2020 Democratic Nomination.

President Trump is claiming that he could use authority to declare a “national emergency” to build his wall even if Congress doesn’t authorize it.

A Federal Judge has ruled that the Trump Administration’s efforts to limit the ability of migrants to claim asylum violates Federal law.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor sat down to talk about the Supreme Court, her career, and the newest member of the nation’s highest court.

The Governor’s race in Florida is over, and the Senate race isn’t far behind.

Donald Trump’s lies became even more frequent during the recently-concluded campaign season.

Overwhelmingly, legal experts agree that President Trump is wrong about birthright citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment.

Once the iconic American retail store, Sears now faces the possibility that it may end up fading into history.

Part III is here (a lot sooner than Part II was).

A Supreme Court first by the newest Justice.

With four weeks to go until Election Day, Donald Trump and the Republicans are continuing to stoke the divisions laid bare by the Kavanaugh nomination.

After a long and contentious battle, Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed to become the 114th Supreme Court Justice.

The Kavanaugh fight is just another indicator of our national divide.

The F.B.I.’s updated background check is complete and will be reviewed by Senators beginning today. As a result, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is moving forward toward a final vote on the Kavanaugh nomination later this week.

While I was originally content to let Brett Kavanaugh sail through to confirmation, I now feel compelled to oppose his nomination to be a Supreme Court Justice.

After placing limits on the scope of the F.B.I.’s reopened background investigation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the White House has relented and is allowing a more open-ended investigation.

Is the reopened investigation of Brett Kavanaugh a real investigation of the charges made against him by three separate women, or is it a political sham? It’s beginning to look much more like the latter than the former.

By popular demand . . .

Just hours before hearings that will likely determine the fate of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, new accusations and revelations are coming to light.

In what appears to be a first, Judge Brett Kavanaugh took to the media to defend his nomination. Not surprisingly, he chose a friendly venue.

New allegations of sexual misconduct mark the start of a crucial week for the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

We’ll likely never know whether the Supreme Court nominee is a sexual assaulter. But it really doesn’t matter.

I spoke too soon…

The first day of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings was much ado about pretty much nothing, but then that can be used to describe a process whose outcome is pretty much foreordained.

Entertainers work for a living, too.

Kris Kobach, the controversial Secretary of State of Kansas who is also a Trump ally, holds on to a slim lead in the GOP Primary for Governor.

There’s a reason President Trump’s Supreme Court picks are “normal” in a way his national security and economic teams are not.

A selection that is likely to keep the Senate GOP united and red-state Democrats up for re-election under pressure to vote to confirm.

President Trump’s short list of potential Supreme Court nominees consists mostly of conventionally conservative, well-qualified, jurists.

President Trump is reportedly considering the 47-year-old Utah Senator to replace Anthony Kennedy.