Come in Space Cadet Cornyn
Earth to Space Cadet! Earth to Space Cadet!
The Space Cadet this time is Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas. From the Washington Post article today. "Sen. John Cornyn said yesterday that recent examples of courthouse violence may be linked to public anger over judges who make politically charged decisions without being held accountable."
Here is a quote from the floor of the Senate. "It causes a lot of people, including me, great distress to see judges use the authority that they have been given to make raw political or ideological decisions." Cornyn goes on, "...we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country. . . . 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."
Some examples of recent court related violence: Again from the Washington Post article, "In Chicago, a man fatally shot the husband and mother of a federal judge who had ruled against him in a medical malpractice suit. And in Atlanta last month, a man broke away from a deputy and fatally shot four people, including the judge presiding over his rape trial."
Is a prominent Republican Senator really condoning murder in the name of ideologically driven judicial "reform"?
The Space Cadet this time is Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas. From the Washington Post article today. "Sen. John Cornyn said yesterday that recent examples of courthouse violence may be linked to public anger over judges who make politically charged decisions without being held accountable."
Here is a quote from the floor of the Senate. "It causes a lot of people, including me, great distress to see judges use the authority that they have been given to make raw political or ideological decisions." Cornyn goes on, "...we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country. . . . 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."
Some examples of recent court related violence: Again from the Washington Post article, "In Chicago, a man fatally shot the husband and mother of a federal judge who had ruled against him in a medical malpractice suit. And in Atlanta last month, a man broke away from a deputy and fatally shot four people, including the judge presiding over his rape trial."
Is a prominent Republican Senator really condoning murder in the name of ideologically driven judicial "reform"?
2 Comments:
Recent examples of courthouse violence may be linked to irresponsible ideologues who make politically charged statements about our judicial system without being held accountable, such as Sen. John Cornyn
Cornyn's statement is a typical example of how the rightwing propaganda machine works. Put nonsense like that out and give the mindless followers something to rail about and lay the groundwork for stacking the courts with rightwing idealoges.
The response from the LEFT is also typical. Say nothing. Do nothing.
I almost feel sorry for the Republicans. They keep pushing and pushing, attempting to see how far they can push the envolope and I think that they must get vertigo because of lack of resistance. They probably think at this point that if they push too far they will fall off the edge of the Earth.
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