Treason?

I naively thought Tom Delay would realize how improper his response was to final decisions on the Shiavo case. After all, the Speaker of the House of Representatives was calling for an end to the checks and balances central to our form of government--literally threatening the future of those judges who did their jobs as they should. I thought he realized how radical his vituperative speech appeared and let it drop. Given all his other problems, this seemed to be an ephemeral fit of pique. But no, he's persisted. I can only hope it becomes clear to all that he's lost touch completely.

Yesterday, he was reported to have said, "The judiciary branch of our government has overstepped its authority on countless occasions, overturning and in some cases just ignoring the legitimate will of the people," But I also believe the executive and legislative branches have neglected the proper checks and balances on this behavior. ... Our next step, whatever it is, must be more than rhetoric."

Don't you think this statement is treasonous--really, I mean it--treasonous? He says the judiciary has "overstepped its authority on countless occasions." (He must have been coached by someone from Fox News about the wild accusation presented as fact.) However, what got my attention is that he went on to suggest that the executive and legislative branches haven't done enough to make the judiciary do what they want. There is no government in existence, that I know of, that has a legislature that controls the executive branch if there is a division of power. Historically, the only re-organization Delay could be pointing to would be establishment of a monarchy or dictatorship (which Bush once jokingly (?) said he'd prefer.)

Delay's ideas are treasonous, I think, by virtue of the fact that he is calling for a radical change in governmental power, excising the ability of one entire branch now extant because it has not done what he wants. I'm curious how he'd have responded about seventeen years ago when he agreed with his family to pull the plug on his father. What if the courts had ruled, as he now demands, that such an option could not be exercised by family?

Delay's persistent call to remove the balancing power of the judiciary is a direct attack on this government. He should be made to account for his behavior as any traitor would be.