via AmericaBlog:
SENATOR JOHN CORNYN: "I don't know if there is a cause-and-effect connection but we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country. Certainly nothing new, but we seem to have run through a spate of courthouse violence recently that's been on the news and I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters on some occasions where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in - engage in violence.
These guys are "way, way, way" beyond the crossing point. Are they so worried about Tom Delay that it's now open season on judges to cover his tracks? I'm waiting for the "JudgeWatchBlog" to start; manned by Hal Turner. Vegas odds on what judge is going to get it, and how activist they are. Probably along the lines of David Horowitz's Front Page rag. At this point it doesn't matter what party or religion, and who made the appointment. I'm sure the.." I was taken out of context" statement will soon be issued. I'm not holding my breath.
More from Talking Points Memo:
So the recent murders of judges and their families are blow-back from widespread judicial activism?
Suddenly the folks in robes are like the girl who dresses too provocatively to the fraternity dance.
And who knew Cornyn and crew wanted to embrace Brian Nichols, the accused rapist who murdered Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rowland Barnes and three others last month, as one of their own?
Congressman Conyers rips Senator Cornyn for justifying violence against judges.
(Update) Digby joins in.
Mathew Yglesias joins in.
AmericaBlog has more. It's getting uglier and uglier.
Update-The Left Coaster and Daily Kos and Eschaton and Oliver Willis and Ezra Klein and Talk Left
