Here are some of the news stories I wrote as a reporter for CQ Roll Call, Stateline.org and other media outlets.

CQ Roll Call (subscription required)

• Advocates Sue Administration Over Child Migrants’ Legal Rights (July 9, 2014)
• Supreme Court Ruling on Birth Control Exempts ‘Closely Held’ Businesses (June 30, 2014)
• Supreme Court Rules Obama Overstepped His Authority in NLRB Recess Appointments (June 26, 2014)
• Sweeping Decision Upholding Cellphone Privacy Handed Down By Supreme Court (June 25, 2014)
• Justice Department Supports Retroactive Reduction of Prisoners’ Drug Sentences (June 10, 2014)
• Only Two States Comply With Prison Anti-Rape Law (May 28, 2014)
• For White House, Judicial Nominee’s Defeat Could Be a Victory (May 28, 2014)
• Sentencing Debate Reveals Divide Among Republicans (May 23, 2014)
• Permanent Policy Riders Represent ‘New Twist’ in Annual Spending Debates (May 6, 2014)
• Reid: Sentencing Debate Could Reach Senate Floor Soon (May 6, 2014)
• Obama Urges Review of Death Penalty Following Bungled Execution (May 2, 2014)
• DOJ Announces New Clemency Criteria for Federal Inmates (April 23, 2014)
• Clemency Power May Be Wielded More Often by Obama, Holder Suggests (April 8, 2014)
• Holder ‘Baffled’ By FDA Approval of Powerful Painkiller (April 4, 2014)
• Supreme Court Ruling on Campaign Contributions Lifts Aggregate Limit (April 2, 2014)
• Republicans Call on Courts to Allow Challenges to Obama’s Executive Actions (Feb. 26, 2014)
• Republicans Planning House Debate to Challenge Executive Authority (Feb. 24, 2014)
• Liberal Advocacy Groups Blast Obama Judicial Nominee (Feb. 20, 2014)
• Holder, Paul Announce Support for Allowing Ex-Felons to Vote (Feb. 11, 2014)
• Warren, White House Clash Over Diversity of Obama’s Judicial Nominees (Feb. 6, 2014)
• White House Official Defends Federal Marijuana Policy as ‘Consistent’ (Feb. 4, 2014)
• Holder Makes New Push for Stalled Counterterrorism Bill (Jan. 30, 2014)
• Federal Prosecutors Break with Holder on Sentencing Legislation (Jan. 30, 2014)
• Holder Sees Constitutional Basis for Obama’s Executive Actions (Jan. 29, 2014)
• Supreme Court Gives Catholic Nonprofit Reprieve From Contraception Mandate (Jan. 24, 2014)
• Senior Judges Seen as Key in Balance of D.C. Circuit (Nov. 22, 2013)
• Senate Rules Change Could Have Far-Reaching Impact on Judiciary (Nov. 21, 2013)
• Senate May Consider Two-Pronged Prison Overhaul as a Compromise (Nov. 13, 2013)
• Bipartisan House Group Introduces Long-Awaited Bill to Curb Patent ‘Trolls’ (Oct. 23, 2013)
• Judge Blasts DOJ Over Drug Sentencing, Suggests Congressional Response (Oct. 18, 2013)
• Fiscal Deal Provides Slight Increase in Judiciary Funding (Oct. 17, 2013)
• Justice System Vents Frustration Over Shutdown (Oct. 1, 2013)
• Federal Judiciary Backs Legislation Lifting Mandatory Minimum Sentences (Sept. 17, 2013)
• Federal Defenders to See Pay Cuts Due to Sequester (Aug. 19, 2013)
• Constitutional Questions Hang Over Supreme Court Ethics Legislation (Aug. 8, 2013)
• Confirmation of ATF Nominee Seen as Likely as NRA Stays Neutral (July 30, 2013)
• Grassley Uses Judges’ Anonymous Statements Against Obama’s Judicial Picks (July 24, 2013)
• Coons Highlights Funding Cuts to Federal Courts (July 22, 2013)
• Updated Media Shield Bill Could Run Into DOJ Concerns (July 17, 2013)
• Holder Releases New Journalist Probe Policies, Calls for Media Shield Law (July 12, 2013)
• Two NLRB Nominees at Heart of Filibuster Showdown (July 11, 2013)
• House Task Force Begins ‘Vast Undertaking’ To Streamline Criminal Penalties (June 14, 2013)
• ACLU Sues Obama Administration Over Verizon Phone Records Sweep (June 11, 2013)
• Old Objections Hang Over New Push for Media Shield Law (May 22, 2013)
• In AP Case, Little Evidence DOJ Broke Law (May 17, 2013)
• ATF Nominee Faces Retaliation Inquiry (April 23, 2013)
• Gun Control Proponents Have No Clear Path Forward Following Senate Defeats (April 17, 2013)
• Gun Legislation Fate Rests With Few (April 15, 2013)
• Five Gun Amendments to Watch (April 11, 2013)
• Reid Kicks Off Gun Debate With Emotional Swipe At Republicans (April 8, 2013)
• Gun Background Check Proposals Face Legal, Practical Obstacles (Feb. 4, 2013)
• Feinstein, McCarthy Unveil Strengthened Assault Weapons Ban (Jan. 24, 2013)
• Republicans Question $4 Billion COPS Program Request in Obama Gun Plan (Jan. 24, 2013)
• Republicans Question Legality of Five Executive Actions on Guns (Jan. 17, 2013)
• Obama’s Sweeping Gun Agenda Met With Cool Republican Response (Jan. 16, 2013)
• Background Checks Seen as Possible Consensus Point in Obama Gun Agenda (Jan. 15, 2013)
• Giffords Launches Effort to Counter Gun-Rights Lobby (Jan. 8, 2013)
• Questions Revived About ATF Amid Gun Control Debate (Dec. 21, 2012)
• Winds Shifting on Gun Control Legislation (Dec. 19, 2012)
• Democrats Look to Strengthen a New Assault Weapons Ban (Dec. 18, 2012)
• Congress Unlikely to Embrace New Gun Laws Following Connecticut Shooting (Dec. 14, 2012)
• Goodlatte Chosen to Lead House Judiciary (Nov. 28, 2012)
• Obama’s Second Term Gives Him a Chance to Mark a Mark on Judiciary (Nov. 8, 2012)
• New Health Care Overhaul Challenges Hinges on Origination Clause Test (Oct. 8, 2012)
• Debate Rages Despite ‘Fast and Furious’ Report (Sept. 19, 2012)
• Judges Say Sequester Threatens Court Operations (Sept. 11, 2012)
• Court Ruling May Have Implications for Congress’ Regulatory Power (June 28, 2012)
• Congress’ Power Also At Stake in Health Decision (June 27, 2012)
• Contempt Citation Would Carry Limited Legal Consequences (June 20, 2012)
• Legislative, Executive Branches Clash (June 20, 2012)
• If Judicial Confirmations Slow This Election Year, It’s The ‘Leahy Rule’ (May 22, 2012)
• Obstacle Emerges on Violence Bill (May 17, 2012)
• GOP Split on Domestic Violence Bill (May 15, 2012)
• Move to Shutter Vermont Center Adds to Domestic Violence Fight (May 4, 2012)

CQ Weekly (subscription required)

• Same Side, Different Minds: Feinstein, Leahy Prepare for Intel Debate (June 16, 2014)
• The Prison Debate, Freshly Unlocked (March 31, 2014)
• Precedence and a President (Nov. 18, 2013)
• No Rest for Obama’s Lawman (Nov. 18, 2013)
• Birth Control Rule Reaches High Court (Sept. 30, 2013)
• Media Shield Bill Seeks Balance (Sept. 23, 2013)
• An End to the Jailhouse Blues? (May 13, 2013)
• California Dreamin’ About Gun Control (March 4, 2013)
• A Personal Cause for Members Who Survived Gun Violence (Feb. 25, 2013)
• Even After Newtown, Little Change (Feb. 11, 2013)
• A Settled Law? Not So Fast (June 18, 2012)
• Keeping a High Court Profile (April 21, 2012)

Stateline.org

• Social Debates Rage in State Legislatures (April 2, 2012)
• In Kansas, Governor Sam Brownback Drives a Rightward Shift (Jan. 25, 2012)
• Municipal Bankruptcy Explained: What It Means to File for Chapter 9 (Nov. 22, 2011)
• Foreclosure Probe Explained: What State AGs Want from Big Banks (Oct. 26, 2011)
• Angering Their Own Party, Rhode Island Democrats Approve Voter ID (July 20, 2011)
• Republicans Reward Business With Lawsuit Limitations (June 22, 2011)
• Recession’s Crime Increase Never Materialized (May 26, 2011)
• California Shrinks Its Prisons, But Overcrowding Persists (April 4, 2011)
• Massachusetts Killing Shines Light on State Parole Boards (Feb. 2, 2011)
• As State Budgets, Payrolls Shrink, So Do Ambitions (Jan. 10, 2011)
• In Oregon, a New Health Care Debate Awaits (Jan. 6, 2011)
• Texas Again Leads Nation in Executions; Ohio a Distant Second (Dec. 21, 2010)
• States Taking a Closer Look at Controversial Natural Gas Drilling Method (Dec. 16, 2010)
• Chris Christie is a Role Model to New Governors, But Do His Cuts Add Up? (Nov. 22, 2010)
• Prison Spending Drops Across 44 States (Oct. 30, 2010)
• The Not-So-Dependable Sales Tax (Oct. 27, 2010)
• Oregon Tax Hikes Don’t Stop Revenue Bleeding (Aug. 11, 2010)
• Pension Overhaul Treats Lawmakers, Other State Workers Differently (July 29, 2010)
• In Graying West Virginia, a Mountain of Retiree Health Bills (July 13, 2010)
• Term Limits Will Create Rookie League in Some State Legislatures (June 11, 2010)
• State Choking Laws Signal New Attention to Domestic Violence (May 28, 2010)
• For State Prisons, Cuts Present New Problems (May 19, 2010)
• Chris Christie’s Budget Bruiser (April 28, 2010)
• The Ever-Growing Sex Offender Registry (April 12, 2010)
• Smaller Prison Count Breaks 38-Year Trend (March 17, 2010)
• New Script for Sudafed? (March 15, 2010)
• A Crack in the Prison Door (Feb. 24, 2010)
• Bold Proposals in First Gov Speeches (Jan. 7, 2010)
• Tax-Hike Plan Fuels Pa. Budget Standoff (July 31, 2009)
• States Expand Videoconferencing in Prisons (May 12, 2009)
• Obama, Congress to Revisit Real ID (April 23, 2009)
• AGs Optimistic on Better State-Fed Relations (March 10, 2009)
• Study Finds Disparity in Corrections Spending (March 2, 2009)
• Stimulus Prompts Debate Over Police Funds (Feb. 12, 2009)
• Corrections Funds Vanish in Madoff Scandal (Jan. 28, 2009)
• Three Western Governors Float Tax Hikes (Nov. 13, 2008)
• At High Court, States’ Authority in Question (Oct. 2, 2008)
• Groups Push to Expand Ex-Felon Voting (Sept. 23, 2008)
• Should Murder Accomplices Face Execution? (Aug. 12, 2008)
• Noose Displays Provoke New State Penalties (June 6, 2008)
• Lawsuits Test Crackdown on Sex Criminals (April 15, 2008)
• Despite Objections, DNA Sampling Expands (March 28, 2008)
• Governors Rip Feds in Annual Policy Speeches (Feb. 22, 2008)
• Will States Say ‘No’ to Adam Walsh Act? (Jan. 23, 2008)
• Federal Spending Plan Slashes Anti-Crime Grants (Dec. 31, 2007)
• Federal, State Crack Sentences Draw Scrutiny (Dec. 4, 2007)
• States Clammed Up After 9/11 (Nov. 16, 2007)
• Supreme Court Stops Mississippi Execution (Oct. 31, 2007)
• Lethal Injection Moratorium Inches Closer (Oct. 18, 2007)
• In Minnesota, Soldiers Re-Learn Civilian Life (Oct. 12, 2007)
• Graphic Anti-Meth Ads Catching On (Oct. 4, 2007)
• Lethal Injection Goes On Trial, But Goes On (Sept. 26, 2007)
• Schools, Colleges Underreport Crime (Sept. 20, 2007)
• Craig Scandal: All Eyes on a Governor, Again (Sept. 10, 2007)
• Lobbyists Targeting State Attorneys General (Aug. 27, 2007)
• Nebraska Legislator Fights Death Penalty to the End (Aug. 17, 2007)
• For War Veterans, New Help From States (Aug. 10, 2007)
• Anti-Terror Funds to States Are Shrinking (July 19, 2007)
• New Laws Take ‘Romeo’ Into Account (July 16, 2007)
• Feds Pushing States on Gun Database (July 9, 2007)
• Govs Win Greater Flag Powers (June 29, 2007)
• Payday Lenders Catch Lawmakers’ Attention (June 22, 2007)
• Crime Lab Backlogs Extend Beyond DNA (Aug. 28, 2006)
• States Collecting DNA From Arrestees (July 27, 2006)
• State DOTs Hope Drivers See Dots (July 7, 2006)
• State Parks Reeling From Budget Drought (March 15, 2006)

The Washington Post

• Georgia Jobs Program That Has Intrigued Obama Has Flaws (Sept. 6, 2011)
• Judges’ Battles Signal a New Era for Retention Elections (Dec. 5, 2010)

United Press International

• US Investors Cautious on Kurdistan (April 27, 2006)
• Iranian ‘Terror Group’ Divides Washington (Dec. 20, 2005)
• Analysis: Will Syria and Iran Help Iraq? (Nov. 14, 2005)
• US ‘Can’t Maintain Iraq Troop Levels’ (Nov. 11, 2005)
• Microsoft Calls for Federal Privacy Law (Nov. 4, 2005)
• Analysis: Bush Heads to Latin America (Oct. 28, 2005)
• Levin Pushes New Plan for Iraq (Oct. 21, 2005)
• Analysis: China’s Opacity Seen as a Threat (Oct. 20, 2005)
• DC Lawsuit Seeks Milk Warning Labels (Oct. 5, 2005)