News of the death of lawyer Ted Olson is received with great sadness here at the Sun, as, no doubt, in many other editorial rooms around the country. We had been in touch with him on and off for decades, in respect of a number of the most newsworthy cases in American constitutional law. He was without fail brilliant, illuminating, inspiring, and indulgent of us ink-stained scriveners trying to untangle the issues and principles — usually on deadline.