Ed Whelan is brilliant.

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Whelan blogs on legal matters at National Review Online, and has made some excellent commentary on Prop 8's legal challenges.

In case you haven't been following the current case, the federal district judge who overturned Prop 8 (Vaughn Walker) recently disclosed that he is in a 10-year same-sex relationship.

This led Prop 8 proponents to file a motion to vacate his ruling based on his failure to recuse and/or failure to disclose this relevant fact before the hearing began.*

Whelan has written several posts on the topic. Here's one that contains links to the others. He's merciless in dissecting Prop 8 opponents. And brilliant.

*Note: the motion to vacate is not based on the fact that Walker is gay. If you're going to comment on the motion, make sure you understand it. Reading the body of Whelan's work would be a good start.