Judge Vaughn Walker's Prop 8 decision is destined for higher courts, but some of those opposing his decision have descended to the lowest level of mud-slinging. A vocal number of same-sex marriage opponents have criticized the Perry decision on the grounds that Judge Walker is (supposedly) gay.

Reasonable people...

On Tuesday, Hawaii's Governor, Linda Lingle, vetoed a bill which would have legalized civil unions in the Aloha State. Governor Lingle's stated rationale for vetoing civil unions -- protecting the democratic process enshrined in Hawaii's Constitution --doesn't hold water.

Governor Lingle should come clean: Her veto was a policy...

This week, Republicans ramped up their newest attack on Elena Kagan: her praise in 2006 for Aharon Barak, Israel's former Chief Justice. This line of attack is as baseless as it is unsound.

In her 2006 remarks, Dean Kagan wasn't sending a dog-whistle to the International-Cabal-of-Judicial-Activists that she would...

The unofficial start of summer means that it's time for two of America's favorite pastimes: baseball games and Supreme Court confirmations. Chief Justice Roberts combined the two when he declared during his confirmation hearing that "Judges are like umpires... Umpires don't make the rules; they apply them."

While Roberts...

Following her call to remove the "Al-Qaeda Seven," Liz Cheney has released a list of seven additional U.S. officials whose work on behalf of enemies of the state makes them unfit to serve their country:

John Adams defended British solders accused of perpetrating the Boston Massacre; he even...

The two-month anniversary of the Haiti quake is fast approaching. The devastation is shocking. Hundreds of thousands are dead and wounded; over a million have been displaced. The tent cities and congested hospitals of Port-au-Prince are a reminder that Haiti's wounds are still fresh. Nevertheless, the transition to rebuilding has...

Tonight marks the start of the Jewish holiday of Purim. Jews around the world will read the Book of Esther, chronicling the traditional story of the Jewish people's salvation from destruction over two millennia ago.

The Purim story has a special resonance this year: The Book of Esther marks...

For a Nevadan, Harry Reid is a lousy poker player.

Senate Democrats are fighting for their electoral lives against the filibuster, and Harry Reid is folding the few cards left in his hand. In particular, Senator Reid has recently hidden behind the constitutionally incorrect assertion that it takes 67 Senators...

Dick Cheney is at it again. Recently, the self-proclaimed "Darth Vader" of George W. Bush's administration has been outdoing his fictional alter-ego. After his defeat, Lord Vader was gone from sight; Cheney keeps striking back, most recently criticizing the Administration's national security policy and calling Barack Obama a "one-term President."...

The Senate is strangling the Obama administration. Everything from high profile legislation to mid-level appointees is held up, often because of little more than pet peeves. Many members of the GOP now practice obstructionism for the sake of obstructionism: They are, therefore they filibuster. In Washington, the Senate hold has...

President Obama's first State of the Union differed markedly from his other major speeches. Obama eschewed the flashier rhetoric of his inaugural and congressional address and avoided the biblical and literary allusions he favored in South Bend and Cairo.

However, in at least one respect, Obama remained true to...

The relief effort in Haiti is progressing from rescuing the trapped to caring for the wounded. The United States has admirably taken the lead in this effort. Domestically, the U.S. government has halted deportations to Haiti and designated Haitian nationals in the United States for temporary protected status. These actions...

On Tuesday, the Bay State shook Capitol Hill to its core. Much ink will be spilled dissecting Mr. Brown's come-from-behind victory of Red Sox 2004 proportions.

Here are the five lessons Democrats should learn from this special election:

1) There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch....

Port-au-Prince lies in ruins, and the world works alongside the Haitian people to bind up Haiti's wounds. International aid flows slowly onto battered runways and over scarred roads. In time, Haiti will move from triaging its wounded to rebuilding its infrastructure, and the debate over how to make foreign aid...

The White House declared yesterday that it was "frustrated" by the Senate's lethargic pace in confirming the President's executive and judicial nominees. The central culprit is the filibuster, which requires sixty senators to end debate.

The filibuster was the legislative mascot of the Aughts. In the past decade, senators filibustered...

Tonight is the first night of Chanukah. Modern celebrants (including Senator Hatch) focus on the miracle of the Menorah, which tradition tells us stayed lit for eight days on a single day's oil. However, Chanukah is also the political story of a few determined Maccabees leading an uprising against...

In the pending health care bill, Senate Democrats have finally addressed the taxpayer subsidy of excessive executive compensation. Unfortunately, their limited proposal is little more than political grandstanding.

The current bill denies corporate income tax deductions for excessive executive salaries paid in the health care industry, but continues to...

Switzerland and California may be 6,000 miles apart, but they suffer from the same political malady. The land of the cuckoo clock and the Golden State both provide for direct amendment of their constitutions by a mere majority vote in a single popular election. That is a bad idea.

The Obama Administration recently announced limits on CEO salaries at bailed-out corporations, arguing that taxpayer dollars should not fund excessive executive compensation. The American Taxpayer should not kid herself: unless the IRS changes its policies, taxpayers will continue to subsidize unreasonable compensation paid by publicly held corporations.

Every publicly...

The images from Libya are horrifying: Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only person ever convicted for the bombing of Pan Am 103, has returned home to a hero's welcome. Since al-Megrahi is dying of prostate cancer, a Scottish judge released him on "compassionate" grounds.

The United States strenuously objected...