[MamaLucci]

...and he has Attorney General John Ashcroft's assurance that the Justice Department would defend the statute's constitutionality.

Now, this is insane. Ashcroft is on the record assailing this type of bill as unconstitutional.
I suppose he will recuse himself, as usual.

[hchutch]

All Ashcroft has said was he'd defend it. He has NOT promised to do a good job of defending it.