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American Taliban continue to threaten judges

From the SP Times

After Terri Schiavo's death, U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay went into another rage against the judiciary. "The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior," he warned, referring to the judges who had refused to order Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted.

DeLay's threat of retribution aside, what is called for now is "a deep breath and (a) step back," as Florida Senate President Tom Lee suggests. Gov. Jeb Bush also had it right when he said there is a lot of "raw emotion" following Schiavo's passing and it might be "appropriate to wait" before pushing legislative changes in laws covering the end-of-life decisions.

The worst possible legacy for Schiavo would be if Congress and state legislatures across the country made it more difficult for people to have their end-of-life wishes respected. Yet some of the proposals batted about in Florida and in Congress would do just that.
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There is no reason to rush passage of any new laws. Time and reflection are warranted, just as our governor and Senate president suggest.

All well and good, except that these wingers aren’t after a simple changes in the law - their goal is the death of the judiciary, or at least the death of a few more judges.

"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. . . . 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. Certainly without any justification, but a concern that I have."