A Belated Edit
I hereby remove either the photograph of Rick Santorum or the photograph of Hal Turner and replace it with a photograph of Senator from Texas, John Cornyn.
Like so:
“I wonder whether there may be the some connection in some quarters on some occasions where judges are making political decisions but are unaccountable to the public that it builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in violence.”
An interesting enough question. We all know the frustration people have over activist judges who view the Constitution as a breathing document and aren’t “Strict Constructionists”, use this judicial philosophy to levy a penalty to a deadbeat dad or side with one party over the other over another in a divorce proceeding. It’s Judicial Tyranny, I tell you!
Someone needs to write a new edition of Blowback, or perhaps On the Justice of Roosting Chickens : Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Judicial Arrogance and Criminality.
John Cornyn’s back-track goes like this:
“I regret it that my remarks have been taken out of context to create a wrong impression about my position, and possibly be construed to contribute to the problem rather than to a solution.”
Bill Frist, you’ll be happy to note, has come out full-fledged in opposition to killing judges:
“I believe we have a fair and independent judiciary today. I respect that.”
Personally, I’m struck by my complete lack of comprehension on the politics of the moment and emenating from the Republican Party. I go to sleep one night feeling relatively normal. I wake up the next morning and Tom DeLay is complaining about the Judicial Radicalism of a batch of largely Republican — appointed judges.