[htjyang]

1. The bad news is that the Constitution is whatever 5 people in black robes say it is.

But the good news is also that the Constitution is whatever 5 people in black robes say it is. If the Court's membership changes in the right direction soon, race preferences won't have 25 years. Let's hope President Bush will appoint the right people.

2. I heard that Alberto Gonzalez was the one who watered down the Administration's brief. With this outcome, there's no chance he'll be considered. (That is, unless one of the libs retires.)

3. The current president does bear some responsibility. He's the one who appointed Gonzalez to the position of White House counsel giving him a position to influence the Administration's brief, which would have been stronger if the Solicitor General Theodore Olson had his way.

The SG is also known as the Tenth Justice precisely because of his influence with the Court. There's the possibility that had the brief been stronger, we would've gotten rid of this nonsense. (Admittedly a slim possibility, but it existed. And, after all, it was a 5-4.)

More despicable, however, is the way the Administration celebrated the ruling. Jeb Bush put out a much better statement.

Did he really have to come out and say everything has gone merrily?

[bybybill]

It rained in Oregon yesterday. Is that Bush`s fault, too? I heard (from who?) that one of Bush`s advisors prayed for rain. Obviously, GWB dropped the ball when he appointed people that sometimes pray for rain. To make matters worse, Bush said that sometimes rain can be a good thing.