Editorial Friday, March 7, 2003 THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S 5-4 DECISION UP- holding California's "three-strikes" law was predictable. Especially on criminal matters, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who's considered a frequent swing vote, leans conservative. Writing for the majority, she said that the court should defer to California's legislature, finding that putting Gary A. Ewing away for 25 years was not excessively objectionable. Mr. Ewing's last offense was stealing golf clubs, but his record was lengthy and even violent; he was not just a petty thief stealing to eat. Justice O'Connor also was moved by the impressive fact that four years...