DeLay Takes Fight to Talk Radio. Singles out Justice Kennedy as judicial activist.
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), who recently sent supporters a mass e-mail proclaiming his innocence of ethical transgressions, spoke out yesterday on conservative talk radio shows.
DeLay, speaking from his district in suburban Houston, stuck to his vow to increase the congressional oversight of federal judges after they refused to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case. "We have the opportunity to set up courts; we can also dismantle courts and reorganize them," DeLay told Tony Snow on Fox News Radio.
Asked if he would include any Supreme Court justices among those he considers activist and isolated, DeLay singled out Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who was named to the court by President Ronald Reagan. "Absolutely," DeLay replied. "We've got Justice Kennedy writing decisions based upon international law, not the Constitution of the United States. That's just outrageous. And not only that, but he said in session that he does his own research on the Internet? That is just incredibly outrageous."
In an interview that ran for nearly half an hour, DeLay also lashed out at journalists who have produced stories raising questions about his past relationships with lobbyists and the sources of funds for his overseas travel.
"You talk about judicial activism," DeLay said. "We now have journalistic activism."
(4-20-05, The Washington Post.)
DeLay, speaking from his district in suburban Houston, stuck to his vow to increase the congressional oversight of federal judges after they refused to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case. "We have the opportunity to set up courts; we can also dismantle courts and reorganize them," DeLay told Tony Snow on Fox News Radio.
Asked if he would include any Supreme Court justices among those he considers activist and isolated, DeLay singled out Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who was named to the court by President Ronald Reagan. "Absolutely," DeLay replied. "We've got Justice Kennedy writing decisions based upon international law, not the Constitution of the United States. That's just outrageous. And not only that, but he said in session that he does his own research on the Internet? That is just incredibly outrageous."
In an interview that ran for nearly half an hour, DeLay also lashed out at journalists who have produced stories raising questions about his past relationships with lobbyists and the sources of funds for his overseas travel.
"You talk about judicial activism," DeLay said. "We now have journalistic activism."
(4-20-05, The Washington Post.)
posted by Sid Cottingham | 5:00 AM
2 Comments:
Sid, have you figured out why Delay is so opposed to doing legal research on the internet? I'm a lawyer and I do that everyday. Either his is stupider than I thought or I just don't get his point. Is this man so isolated in his congressional bizarro world that he doesn't realize all of the sources available on the Internet now? I'd bet his staff conducts most of their work on the internet.
You know why. The Internet is a bad place. Somewhere one should avoid at all costs. And some of his audience may even buy it. Wild, man, wild. Like accusing a hunter with a rifle of using, believe it or not, bullets.
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