"It was appalling when the House majority leader threatened political
retribution against judges who did not toe his extremist political
line. But when a second important Republican stands up and excuses
murderous violence against judges as an understandable reaction to
their decisions, then it is time to get really scared."

Editorial From The New York Times: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/06/opinion/06wed1.html

To me it sounds like we've got a formally federalist Republican party
that is now nationalist.  As such they've decided that the 3 branches
of government should really be 2 - that is, they are saying the
judiciary should have no authority and no power.

That's scary to me because I've always looked at the law, and
therefore the judiciary, as protecting the rights of the minority. 
The Republicans seem to be saying that law should be a matter public
opinion rather than fundamental rights.

Fairly scary stuff.

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