Panelists representing each side will discuss the legal and political issues raised by the case, Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder.

It went virtually unnoticed (and unreported by this newspaper), but last week a federal court found the government of Iran liable for the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

The integrity of the Constitution must prevail over general feelings of injustice.

One of the few issues on which opinion has moved left over the last few years is same-sex marriage. Why? One reason is probably that as people learn that friends and relatives are gay, they become more sympathetic to gay rights. But increasing support for same-sex marriage causes problems for politicians.

Congress has never before passed and the Supreme Court has never upheld a law requiring individuals to buy a commercial product, as Obamacare does. On this the Obama Democrats, not Clarence Thomas and judges following his lead, are the ones sweeping aside precedent.

At issue in the Supreme Court case is the constitutionality of Section 5 of the recently reauthorized Voting Rights Act.

The SEC now is seeking public comment on how to improve its process for retrospective reviews of existing rules.