The Supreme Court’s 8 -1 decision in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church and its odious protests at military funerals will likely generate a great deal of (First Amendment-protected) controversy. But one thing it will probably not spur is much commentary on one of the state attorneys general who declined to climb on board the anti-free speech bandwagon: Ken Cuccinelli.

In a press release issued last June, Cuccinelli’s office explained that: