Thugs in Robes

There has been much clamor in recent weeks and months within the conservative movement over "judicial activism," the new red meat issue for ideological conservatives. Taxes, abortion, prayer in school, and all sorts of other issues have been lightning rods on the right for years, and now it seems that the law-trained elite (as Scalia calls them) who occupy our judgeships across the country are the focal point of conservative venom. I cannot think of a more appropriate object of such venom; it's just long overdue. American opposition to judicial activism should have started during the Marshall Court about two hundred years ago. But we let it fester, and now we have such ivory tower ignoramuses as Anthony Kennedy lecturing us about International Law and the Civilized Europeans. If I wanted to live under a European system, I would emigrate. If all Americans wanted to live under a European system, we would change the Constitution. But instead it is being forced upon us by the likes of Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, Stephen Breyer, David Souter, and sometimes Sandra Day O'Connor. It is almost a shock that the Court has not ordered the dissolution of Congress and the Presidency, since the Court now has decided both the make laws and make treaties. A few months ago, I was a little annoyed with the Courts, but after Roper v. Simmons, I am infuriated.

And now, the Thugs in Robes who have refused to allow the death penalty for cold blooded murderers who brutally tortured their victims if only they are under the age of 18, yes, the Thugs have ordered the death penalty for an innocent woman who suffered brain damage under mysterious circumstances, and whose husband wants her dead so he can collect his million bucks. This is worse than hypocrisy, it is depravity.