Jennifer, is it fair to say that yesterday’s California Supreme Court decision represents “clever judges” “trump[ing] the will of the elected legislature?” The California Assembly has twice passed laws that would have extended marriage to gays, in September of 2005 and again in September 2007. Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed both bills, yet he has made it clear he will oppose any attempts to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage. There are many criticisms one can make of the events that transpired yesterday in California. But I say the “activist courts” line isn’t going to work.