Tom DeLay quoted in the Boston Globe (10/9/98) speaking about Bill Clinton:
"I believe that this nation sits at a crossroads. One direction points to the higher road of the rule of law... Now, the other road is the path of least resistance. This is where we start making exceptions to our laws based on poll numbers and spin control. This is when we pitch the law completely overboard when the mood fits us."
Tom DeLay arguing against judicial review on the Justice Sunday telecast two days ago:
Mr. DeLay, the highest ranking of six Republican congressmen who participated, questioned the Supreme Court's power to strike down federal laws it deemed unconstitutional.
The Constitution assigned Congress the power to make laws and limited the federal courts to applying and interpreting those laws, Mr. DeLay said, but "this fact, understood by every high school civics student, has been forgotten in recent decades by too many members of the American judiciary, including, most notably, the United States Supreme Court itself."
As evidence, he and others cited Supreme Court decisions about abortion, sodomy, obscenity and government support for religion. "That's not judicial independence," Mr. DeLay said. "That's judicial supremacy, judicial autocracy."
And, of course, let's not forget the ethics troubles of Mr. Rule of Law, nor DeLay's statement that he pursued impeachment because Bill Clinton didn't share his "Biblical worldview."
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