Texans Against Checks and Balances

I guess for Rep. Tom Delay and, now, Sen. John Cornyn from Texas feel these pesky judges are getting in the way of their agendas. The solution, for them, is to call the judges bad things like "activist" and call for their removal. That's an excellent solution given our Constitution and tradition of an independent judiciary.

The fact is that the judges are performing their roles as designed. If Tom "The Hammer" Delay had his way the judiciary would be his lapdog there to do his bidding. He's not used to folks saying no, so his response is to threaten those who do with impeachment.

Now Cornyn comes late to the issue. I'm paranoid enough to assume that he got a call from Karl or W telling him to get on board to give more muscle to the attack. Who cares about what is legal or moral as long as it moves the ultra-conservative
agenda forward.

I don't like the fact that a CA judge recently gave Schwarzenegger permission to raise unlimited private dollars to push his public agenda, but impeachment of that judge is not the way to deal with the situation. There is a larger principle of government restraint that has to be allowed to play itself out.

But restraint is not a word that W and company like.