My response from Cornyn

[bookman]

Sadly, he's my Senator. So I sent an email criticizing him for his recent remarks. He replied... (form letter I'm sure)

As a former judge, a number of my close personal friends still serve on the bench today, and I am outraged by recent acts of courthouse violence. I certainly hope that no one will misconstrue my remarks of April 4 to mean anything to the contrary. Considered in context, I don’t think a reasonable listener or reader could.

There is no possible justification for courthouse violence. Indeed, I met with a federal judge in Texas just this past week to ensure that we are doing everything we can to protect our judges and courthouse personnel against further acts of violence. I personally know judges and their families who have been victims of violence and have grieved with those families.

But I want to make one thing clear: I'm not aware of any evidence whatsoever linking recent acts of courthouse violence to the various controversial rulings that have captured the nation’s attention in recent years.

My point was, and is, simply this: We should all be concerned that the judiciary is losing the respect that it needs to serve the American people well. We should all want judges to interpret the law fairly—not impose their own personal views on the nation. We should all want to fix our broken judicial confirmation process. And we should all be disturbed by overheated rhetoric about the judiciary, from both sides of the aisle. I regret that my remarks have been taken out of context to create a wrong impression about my position, and that they have possibly been construed to contribute to the problem rather than to a solution.

Our judiciary must not be politicized. Rhetoric about the judiciary and about judicial nominees must be toned down. And our broken judicial confirmation process must be fixed, once and for all.

I appreciate having the opportunity to represent the interests of Texans in the United States Senate. Thank you for taking the time to contact me.

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I love the "Our judiciary must not be politicized" part.

[Maat]

1. Exactly.

This law student says the 'activist judges' have been ... DOING THEIR JOBS.

He must think we are ill-informed idiots! Oh, wait, many Americans are ...

[lyonn]

2. Judges should not

"impose their own personal views on the nation" - That's what I like about Repubs, they can say the darndest things. People don't seems to recognize what this bunch is saying and doing. Bush saying he doesn't believe in nation building. Do they ever say what they really mean.

[Wright Patman]

4. Well, on "nation building"

*'s record is not good. He has outright destroyed one nation (Iraq) and is on the verge of destroying his own. Afghanistan was already pretty much a smoking ruin, so I'll give him a pass there.

[PDittie]

3. I can't believe he responded at all

I send this moron five e-mails a week and he's never responded ONCE to me.