Quote of the Day

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.

That's simply vile. So Cornyn "wonders" if there is some connection? He "wonders" if the violence is politically motivated? Fuck him.

The violence has not been politically motivated and he knows that. The man who shot the judges family members in Chicago had lost a court case that she presided over. In Atlanta, it was just a nut case getting loose. None of them have anything to do with politics, but Cornyn "wonders" anyway?

That's so outrageous I'm at a loss for words. That's a United States Senator on the floor of the Senate, and he's basically sending out signals that maybe violence against judges for political reasons is a good thing.

These fuckers are attacking the judiciary the likes of which has never been seen before in this country. They literally are trying to destroy it.

And stupid fuckers (you know who you are) really believe what those assholes like Cornyn are saying. The judiciary has not suddenly changed. What has changed is that these bat shit crazy freaks have hijacked the Republican party, and want to do away with rational judges, and the authority of the judiciary itself. It truly is the path to fascism, and ya, we need to start talking about that, not as a joke, not as if we're being extreme, but literally as what some of these Republicans are trying to do.

And - you - stupid - fuckers - who actually buy that bullshit from people like Cornyn, do us all a favor and go get lobotomized cause you're too fucking stupid to have an opinion.

As Dick Cheney said recently in regard to this topic:

“I don’t think that’s appropriate . . . There’s a reason why judges get lifetime appointments.”

The reason they get lifetime appointments is so they are not serving at the whim of the crazy-fuckers-du jour. The reason they are not "accountable" to the public is that the majority can be quite fucking insane.

I want every one who reads this to understand one perfect example. The Supreme Court of the United States struck down laws banning inter-racial marriage in 1968. At the time, 72% of the American public was dead set against it. The judges did it anyway because the laws clearly violated the equal protection clause of the Constitution. The judges were not accountable to the public, and had no motivation to side with the insane public viewpoint.

So, now do you get why the judiciary is fine, is as it has always been, and it's you, bat-shit-crazy-right-wing-christian-freak, that is the new element in the equation? It is YOU that is the outlier. It is YOU that is brainwashed. It is YOU that is the problem, not the judiciary of the United States, which is as it has always been - a defender of rational thought against the sea of ignorant, but very self assured, people.