re: #277 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Well, a lot can happen to a person in 20 years - it’s quite likely that any garden variety Republican appointee 20 years ago would be antigay, even if they were out to themselves. Heck, even 5 years ago. Look at Ken Mehlman, who didn’t even come clean about his dirty GOP dealings until last year.

Even 2 years ago, you still had to convince me that DADT was going to end.

True. Judges are like the rest of us, their opinions can and do evolve with the times. I guess that’s why I am skeptical of orginalist judicial philosophy. It’s also funny how Earl Warren, the icon of 60’s judicial liberalism had as governor of California supported the internment of the Japanese and David Souter was thought to be too conservative by some.