Also, here are a couple of columns by conservatives decrying the antics of DeLay and other Republican wingnuts:
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) ... suggested a connection between "some recent episodes of courthouse violence" and judicial activism -- as if courtroom gunmen are disappointed scholars who kill in the name of Borkian originalism.
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"Judicial Insanity," by Charles Krauthammer
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While Congress certainly has the constitutional power, indeed responsibility, to restrict the jurisdiction of the federal courts to ensure that judges decide only matters that are properly within their constitutional role and expertise, restricting the jurisdiction of courts in response to unpopular decisions is an overreaction that ill-serves the long-term interests of the nation.
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"Lay Off Our Judiciary," by Theodore Olson