I'm a little late on this

But if you haven't seen what Sen. Cornyn, a Republican from Texas (of course) said the other day regarding the Schiavo controversy, then you're in for a treat. Basically the man was justifying attacks on judges due to their sometimes "active" judicial rulings. Here's the money quote:

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.

Just to let you know, Cornyn is a former District Court judge, a former member of the Texas Supreme Court, and the former Texas Attorney General. Talk about forgetting your roots.