Coming as no surprise to anyone, Attorney General Jerry Brown has announced that he is switching sides and will now ask the California Supreme Court to overturn Prop. 8.  His publicly stated reasoning is that after review and thought about the issue, he feels the Proposition violates the "basic rights" of homosexuals.

Given his pre-November 4th support for the No on Prop. 8 campaign, including, significantly, his changing the Proposition's official title to a very negative sounding one, his "switch" is no surprise.  Never mind his oath of office as Attorney General includes the legal defense of the people's will as expressed in Prop. 8's change in the California constitution.  Jerry Brown has always bowed to political correctness and a strong liberal bent expressed with the view that the constitution is a "living document" where principal gives way to the latest cultural whims.   In fact, given his absolute 100% support for homosexual marriage, I am only surprised it took him so long to join the No on Prop. 8 folks asking the CA. Supremes to overturn the people's will.   

What this "switch" really proves is the wisdom of the official proponents of Prop. 8 (the Protectmarriage.com folks) by filing motions with the Court and being allowed to join the lawsuits against Prop. 8 as a party to the case.  This means that they will have a full place at the table to defend the people's will rather than relying on turncoat Jerry Brown to defend the Proposition Brown has now declared he will try to have invalidated. 

The Yes on Prop. 8 campaign folks have already proved that they have the wisdom and discipline to wage a great campaign in the passage of Prop. 8 on Nov. 4th.  They have again proven that by their recent hiring of Pepperdine Law School Dean Kenneth Starr as the lead counsel for their side of the case.  I am sure Judge Starr and the rest of the Yes on Prop. 8 legal team will provide a first class legal defense of the constitutional amendment. 

What remains to be seen is if the California Supreme Court will respect the voter's will or not.