Constitution

Congress is now considering a return to earmarks, the practice of choosing the piece it has just sliced, or more precisely, of spending the money it has just appropriated. (iStock)

Op-Eds

Rep. Tom McClintock: We’ve heard the siren’s song of earmarks before

Rep Tom McClintock -

February 7, 2018 5:01 am

Whether it was a joke or not, President Trump (pictured bottom) should not be joking about treason when it comes to the Democrats who refused to clap during his State of the Union address. Political dissent does not equal betraying one's country and attempting to overthrow the government. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Humor or not, Trump was wrong to call Democrats ‘treasonous’ for not clapping for him

Siraj Hashmi -

February 6, 2018 6:24 pm

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., a veteran, calls President Trump by the nickname

News

Tammy Duckworth responds to Trump calling Dems treasonous for not clapping: I don’t ‘cater to the whims of Cadet Bone Spurs’

Diana Stancy Correll -

February 6, 2018 1:03 am

The Pacific Legal Foundation has recently sued the Food and Drug Administration over the Deeming Rule for e-cigarettes. However, the rule is not just bad policy but also the product of an unconstitutional rulemaking process. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Beltway Confidential

A lawsuit to make rulemakers follow the rules

Ilya Shapiro -

February 5, 2018 5:01 am

Federal law enforcement officials are not supposed to be allies of the president. Equally, they are not supposed to be his antagonists. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Opinion

Proper presidential control, and distance, from the FBI

Washington Examiner -

February 2, 2018 5:01 am

Education

Code Yellow: Ambiguous speech codes at Virginia Tech hold spontaneous speech hostage

Richard Abel -

January 31, 2018 5:01 am

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives to testify before the Senate Environment Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Scott Pruitt in 2016: Trump ‘would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama’

John Siciliano -

January 30, 2018 5:19 pm

Leonard Leo, an executive vice president of the Federalist Society, has become a staple of Washington with an expansive network in the legal world.

Magazine

Inside the mind of Leonard Leo, Trump’s Supreme Court right-hand man

Melissa Quinn -

January 28, 2018 5:01 am

The Trump administration is throwing its support behind a lawsuit against the University of California, Berkeley that accuses the school of a double standard for campus speakers that restricts conservative viewpoints. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing on Thursday, that the allegations by the Berkeley College Republicans and Young America's Foundation would violate the First Amendment if proven true. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

News

Department of Justice files in support of Berkeley College Republicans in free speech case

Tristan Justice -

January 26, 2018 7:45 pm

In Hobby Lobby v. Burwell in 2014, a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court ruled that the abortion mandate was not the method

Politics

Michael Barone’s Guide to Government: Free speech

Michael Barone -

January 23, 2018 12:00 pm

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