As it turns out the guy who wrote the governments brief in defense of Doma is this clown.
via Sullivan
W Scott Simpson, a Bush administration holdover, and devout Mormon. You can read a previous decision of his here(PDF) from 2008. So it becomes clearer. The harsh rhetoric, the gratuitous attacks on our relationships ... they were written by someone who was given an award by Alberto Gonzales for his defense of the Partial Birth Abortion Act. Clearer now?
So the question now becomes who signed off on the brief? Was it another Bush hold over? And if so it's time for these folks to go or be reminded that they are no longer in the Bush administration.
Yes I realize this is shorter than it should be, but I felt it was important enough to get out there.