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When the U.S. Supreme Court held in 2010 that it was “cruel and unusual punishment” for a juvenile convicted on a non-homicide offense to receive a sentence of life without the possibility of parole, a large legal question remained unanswered. A Michigan case, allowed to move forward with a single defendant, seems poised to force an answer

In response to some of the talk about Iran sanctions coming from the Hill -- like from the House Foreign Relations Committee’s chairman, Rep. Howard Berman

National Review is riding the Sarah Palin phenomenon this week with a blog all about Going Rogue, but Newsmax.com is really setting the standard -- it’s

It was the perfect opportunity for Maricopa County, Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio. After all, it’s been more than a month since he was in the national spotlight when

DES MOINES — “Wisconsin comes to Iowa next week” was the message Iowa Democrats delivered Thursday as they prepare to square off against Republicans over House Study Bill 117, legislation that makes changes to Iowa’s collective bargaining laws for public employees.

Update: I am retracting this post, published yesterday, titled Inside This Morning’s White House Afghanistan Meeting: Anger With Eikenberry, ‘Beef’ With

“They’re trying to throw a bone here, not a very economically effective bone, to give the appearance of a balanced policy after the fact,” says one critic.

The Minnesota Senate recount keeps getting curiouser and curiouser. After the Al Franken campaign claimed its first lead of the recount yesterday, it

All day, we’re re-running our favorite blog posts of the last year. This post was originally published on March 30, 2009. Is this really the talking point

Marc Ambinder reports Sen. John McCain spoke with Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to congratulate her on making it to the top of President-elect Barack Obama’s

Not every environmental group is encouraged by the efforts to come to a consensus with the electric industry on a utility-only cap on emissions. One

Rather than seek an appropriate technological solution, managers of a decommissioned uranium processing mill near Cañon City want the state to let them stop testing a radioactive holding pond because wooden pallets used to cross the pond are sinking into the toxic mud.

According to the speaker of Florida’s state House, Jeb Bush is passing on a 2010 Senate run. He said it just wasn’t the right timing, Rubio said, recounting

There were lots of signals from Defense Secretary Bob Gates at his press conference today. I didn’t want to let my imagination run away with me, but his body

Ed Brayton at ScienceBlogs (and also of our sister site, The Michigan Messenger) has a thorough analysis of the Obama administration’s new state secrets policy,

The federal government is kicking off several investigations of the health effects of the BP oil spill disaster. Projects will target physical issues, as well

Mississippi Gov.

Last week, we noted the odd happenings in Ohio’s second district, where Democratic leaders are attacking David Krikorian, a candidate in this week’s Democratic

Something that didn’t really fit into my piece this morning about Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani’s presentation yesterday with his