American political musings

1. We all know that Proposition 8 passed in California.  Why people are trying to fight a amendment in the courts is amusing, since the courts can't void a vote by the people to change the state constitution.  The democratic process was followed, despite how people feel about the outcome, the courts are the wrong place to fight it.  People should be looking towards a future voting cycle when the state constitution can be amended again.

2. Ted Stevens, the man who brought us the Tubes has lost his senate seat.  What bothers me more, is that the convicted felon lost by only three thousand votes out of 315573 votes counted.

3. Most people have seen that Alberto Gonzalez and Richard Cheney have been indicted by a grand jury  in southern Texas, for alledged prisoner abuse and corruption in a prison system.  However, if this gets moved out of the state courts and into the federal court system, the defendents have an interesting twist to deal with.

"...the defendant must be prepared to argue that acts underlying the charges were performed pursuant to his federal authority."