Durbin is doing a great disservice to the understanding of the role of advocacy in our legal system.
Was Turbin ever in the private practice of law or has he been a bureaucrat all of his life?
He - and the talking heads on PBS are chagrined that Roberts said that he would have taken the side of Colorado in the gay rights case. Why in the hell wouldn't he, since over 60% of the voters in Colorado had expressed their preference?
Didn't they have a case? Standing?