Reigning Supreme: the Supreme Court decision striking down state anti-sodomy laws seriously escalates the culture war--and grievously undermines our constitutional order.(Federalism)

Justice Antonin Scalia was devastatingly blunt in his dissenting opinion in the Supreme Court's June 26th decision Lawrence v. Texas. "It is clear ... that the Court has taken sides in the culture war, departing from its role of assuring, as neutral observer, that the democratic rules of engagement are observed." The Court's revolutionary ruling struck down laws in 13 states criminalizing homosexual conduct. That incredible usurpation by the High Court was "the product of a law-profession culture, that has largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda," wrote Scalia.

As something other than coincidence would have it, the decision was handed down on the ...