“Gay Marriage Case Began With Unusual Call”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“The Wedding March: Washington’s high court dealt gay-marriage advocates another setback; What’s next–for both sides.” This article will appear in the August 7, 2006 issue of Newsweek.

Philadelphia Phillies 11, Florida Marlins 5: My son and I capped off our series of four Phillies games in one week with a victory for the home team today. Today was Randy Wolf’s debut after Tommy John surgery last year. Chase Utley extended his hitting streak to thirty games. And Ryan Howard tied a team record with five walks. Between the bottom of the eighth inning and the top of the ninth, the fans gave Bobby Abreu and Cory Lidle a lengthy ovation because both were traded today to the New York Yankees. You can access the box score at this link, while a wrap is available here.

“Tribe ensnared in abortion battle; S. Dakota reservation ousts leader over her support to build clinic”: This article appears today in The Chicago Tribune.

“Borking Predates Bork”: Benjamin Wittes has this op-ed today in The Washington Post.

“Case Won on Appeal (to Public)”: In the Week in Review section of today’s issue of The New York Times, Adam Liptak has an article that begins, “IN some ways, it was a modest decision. A year ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a city in Connecticut could use the power of eminent domain to make room for private development. The decision simply applied existing law and deferred to the judgments of local officials. But the outcome was a revolt.”

Op-eds published in today’s edition of The New York Times: Morris B. Hoffman and Stephen J. Morse have an op-ed entitled “The Insanity Defense Goes Back on Trial.”

And Dan Savage has an op-ed entitled “Same-Sex Marriage Wins by Losing.”