Good morning, D.C. Check out this lovely shot of the Capitol by Grundlepuck. The statue looks sad, or at least concerned — perhaps it’s contemplating the fate of Rep. Bob Ney, the self-proclaimed “Mayor of Capitol Hill.” According to the Post, Ney’s just been further implicated in the Abramoff scandal. Duncan Drops Out Of Race: The Democratic field in the race for the Maryland governorship. Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan has withdrawn from the race,…

Last week, Stare DCisis explored what happens when the Supreme Court stops being polite, and starts getting real with states acting unconstitutionally. Virginia, in particular, was the perpetual thorn in the side of the early Supreme Court. Though Chief Justice John Marshall was a former Virginia legislator, the state’s supreme court had some real authority problems taking orders from Marshall once he moved across the river. It may seem patently obvious that the Supreme Court…

This spring, like every spring, is sponsored by Crate & Barrel, Williams Sonoma and, depending on your friends, Tiffany’s. It’s wedding season around the country, and Federal Marriage Amendment season on the Hill. Our lawmakers have decided that this issue merits a great deal of their time, and our own, so in this spirit Stare DCisis revisits one of the most important constitutional decisions about marriage that was ever handed down by the Supreme Court….

Editor’s Note: Last year, law student extraordinaire and DCist intern Judy Coleman explored some important U.S. Supreme Court cases and their impact on the District in a feature known as Stare DCisis. This year we’re happy to have her back as something of a legal correspondent and, hopefully, pro bono lawyer. Over the summer she’ll be reporting on important legal issues and, consequently, making the rest of us look like dunces. This DCist keeps some…

There have been quite a few interesting photos on DCist Photos in the past few days. People have posted a photo of the dugout after the congressional softball game, a scene from last night’s show at the Hirshhorn, a couple photos from Sleater-Kinney at the 9:30 Club, this photo of the opening of a show organized by the D.C. user group on Flickr, and even this snap from the Ted Leo concert. Ok, enough about…

We first met Judge Skelly Wright in an earlier Stare DCisis, and today he again dropkicks the law forward in what is, in this DCist’s humble opinion, the most important case anyone will ever read in law school. It’s not hyperbole to say that if you read Williams v. Walker-Thomas, you understand the central tension in it, and you enjoy just how difficult it is, you have — congratulations — just completed the equivalent of…

Redskin running back Clinton Portis and former Washington defensive back Ifeanyi Ohalete, are embroiled in a strange dispute that is sure to one day become a Stare DCisis. The two athletes have ended up in civil court in Maryland over a bizarre contracted agreement over Portis’ jersey number. You see, when Portis came to the Redskins, his preferred jersey number—26—was held by Ohalete. Portis, figuring that it was his jersey’s occult numerological power and not…