REPORTEDLY, BUSH WILL VETO THE EXPANDED HATE-CRIMES LAW: Dale Carpenter has a roundup and observes: “The administration’s given reasons are that the law is unnecessary, an intrusion on federalism, and constitutionally questionable as an exercise of federal power. I expressed similar reservations in a post here about the bill two months ago. To its credit, the administration is avoiding the common and I think mistaken complaint that the bill would punish speech and thought. Anti-gay organizations, like Concerned Women for America, will certainly be happy about this. But their glee is insufficient reason to support the bill.”