Monday, March 27, 2006

It's Hard Out There For a Judge

Even a conservative judge...

The York Daily Record reported that Judge Jones needed U.S. Marshalls to protect him and his family when the verdict in the Dover trial was issued last December.

Pretty incredible (and scary). The YDR article also discusses the wider trend of right-wing demonization of judges and the judicial system.

Jones, a judge with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, decided to speak publicly about the e-mails this week in light of recent reports about threats of violence against federal judges. He said statements made by "irresponsible commentators and political figures" have gotten so extreme that he fears tragedy.

"We're going to get a judge hurt," he said.

1 Comments:

Blogger Kinder Gentler Little Man said...

This is not a direct answer to radatheist, but how about the latest Pew poll? Here are the percentages of those who answered that torture is "never" justified:

Catholics- 26%
white Protestants- 31%
white Evangelicals- 31%
"secular"- 41%

Those who identify as "secular" are more Christian than the Christians.
http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2006a/032406/032406h.htm

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