An Explanation Of What’s Going On With The GOP And The Judiciary

Law professor Glenn Reynolds, on his MSNBC site, takes a look at the firestorm among GOP social conservatives over the judiciary. Read it all but here’s a key quote:

Now the activist fringe of the Republican Party is out after the judiciary. Have they gone crazy, or is there method in their madness?

Maybe a little of both. Perhaps they think that this sort of noise will intimidate the federal judiciary — as Roosevelt’s court-packing plan did. Or perhaps they’re just trying to activate “the base” and — more significantly — bolster direct-mail contributors. I suspect that however it plays to the general public, this sort of talk will raise serious money from the GOP equivalent of the MoveOn crowd.

What they’re not serious about is reforming the judiciary. Because if they were, they’d be taking serious action toward reform, not quoting Stalin.