Friday, April 08, 2005

Not just a lie...

...it's illegal.
I, Tom Delay, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

January 4, 2005
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WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, stepped up his attack on federal judges Thursday, telling a gathering of religious conservatives that the judiciary has "run amok" and demanding that Congress assert authority over the courts.
April 7, 2005
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The Constitution of the United States

Article 4, Section 2

This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution...


The Supremacy Clause is one of the most fundamental, if not best known, statements in the US Constitution, which Tom Delay has sworn to 'support and defend' with 'true faith and allegiance.' It makes clear that the judiciary is, as a co-equal branch of the goverment, subordinate only and ultimately to the Constitution. What bothers Tom DeLay about judges is that they keep pointing out that Congress, too, is subordinate to the Constitution, and Tom DeLay hates the Constitution.

Maybe his flock of religious conservatives would like to hear his justification for so regularly violating an oath he took to God.

Meanwhile, Our Leader is all over the story over at The Stakeholder (emphasis mine)...
Pelosi Statement on DeLay's Threats Against the Federal Judiciary

Washington, D.C. -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay's latest threats against the federal judiciary:

"Mr. DeLay's escalating threats aimed at intimidating the federal judiciary fundamentally disrespect our Constitutional framework and dishonor the oath we take as public officials to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Mr. DeLay's remarks are unworthy of a leader.

"Our Founders carefully constructed our system of checks and balances to include an independent federal judiciary as a co-equal branch of government to protect our freedoms. As Republicans increasingly use any means to justify their partisan ends, that system has never been more critical.

"In the face of Mr. DeLay's and other Republican threats, we will work to ensure the independence of the federal judiciary and protect its ability to safeguard our freedoms. We must continue to be a government of laws."

How again does direspect and dishonor jibe with support and defend? He's violated his oath, hence the Constitution, which is the law.

Destructionism is a criminal enterprise, and Tom DeLay belongs in handcuffs.

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