Scholarly advice.(Constitutional Rights)(Brief Article)

At first glance, Republican House Speaker Johnnie Byrd and George Washington University law professor and constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley don't seem to share much philosophical common ground. Turley disagrees with Byrd on a host of matters.

But Byrd has hired Turley at $300 an hour to do the legal legwork on measures intended to ensure that gay marriage would never he legal and that abortion restrictions could be imposed on minors.

Turley says his high-profile positions oil many of the country's most controversial legal issues can be deceiving: While a