Words Like Locusts Flew From Her Fingers

Kooks On Parade

And the Verdict on Justice Kennedy Is: Guilty (washingtonpost.com): “Not to be outdone, lawyer-author Edwin Vieira told the gathering that [Supreme Court Justice, Anthony] Kennedy should be impeached because his philosophy, evidenced in his opinion striking down an anti-sodomy statute, ‘upholds Marxist, Leninist, satanic principles drawn from foreign law.’”

What a fucking kook!

It would be laughable if not for the fact that Vieira and his ilk have influence with people in Congress who pretty much hold the same opinions.

Later, Vieira went on to quote Jospeh Stalin, “the greatest political figure of the 20th century” according to Vieira, in recommending a solution for dealing with judges who don’t conform to the Christian right’s idea of how a society should run.

“No man, no problem”, said Stalin — and quoted Vieira. Stalin was talking about simply killing his opponents. Presumably Vieira had something a little less radical in mind.

When you’re done with this article, check out salon.com’s article on the same subject here. Both of these articles are in reference to the Confronting the Judicial War on Faith conference I wrote about last week, by the way.