Hold the presses... David Brooks actually writes a sensible column:-)

David Brooks is one of the few columnists to write anything sensible on the recent Supreme Court Decision in Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood. While I am not as confident as he is that the country could reach a consensus on this issue, it is clear that many people favor a middle-ground approach.

I also agree with his criticism of Justice Kennedy's rationale. He writes, "Furthermore, the reasoning Justice Anthony Kennedy used to uphold the law — about mothers who may come to regret their abortions — is not only bizarre, but far removed from the original revulsion that prompted the whole issue."

I am under the impression that in order to get Kennedy to sign on to the opinion the Conservative bloc probably had to allow him to write the majority opinion and use his rationale. However, the Court and the country would have benefitted from a clearer and better argued position by another justice. Justice Ginsburg seems to have gotten the better of the argument in dissent, despite being in the minority of the country in opposing the regulation of this procedure. Knowing Kennedy he will probably try and get back in the likes of Linda Greenhouse's good graces by writing an opinion for the liberal majority in a another controversial case. Hopefully, he will articulate a better rationale for his belief.