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Linda Campbell on Judges and Policitics

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial board member and columnist Linda Campbell has, "McCain's half-truths about judges."John McCain ought to be ashamed of himself. In his most pandering performance since speaking at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University to prove that he could schmooze even with agents of intolerance as long as they bring along Republican votes, McCain whacked away this week at that threadbare straw man, the "activist judge." Speaking at Wake Forest University, he harrumphed about "the common and systematic abuse of our federal courts by the people we entrust with judicial power." "For decades now," he claimed, "some federal judges have taken it upon themselves to pronounce and rule on matters that were never intended to be heard in courts or decided by judges...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 08, 2008 (boomark / email).