Beldar has an excellent, detailed post that argues a good case that the media and some bloggers have taken Senator Cornyn's speech, regarding the judicial branch of our government, out of context (one of the bloggers that Beldar criticizes includes one of my favorite bloggers, Glenn Reynolds at instapundit.com):
"Profs. Reynolds & Althouse, with due respect, I think you are buying in wholesale to comments of others who are taking Sen. John Cornyn's comments WAY out of context, and thereby propagating and giving additional credence to a misimpression."
"Prof. Althouse comments (and Prof. Reynolds quotes approvingly) that "[i]t is really a shame how little people understand of the reasons judges decide cases the way they do." With due respect, Prof. Althouse, ex-Justice Cornyn may have a better understanding than you, Prof. Reynolds, or I (judicial clerkships notwithstanding). I don't think you should be so quick to impute to this senator an intent to encourage violence against judges like those among whom he recently sat himself, especially given his own track record of combatting violent crime as a Texas Attorney General."
And one of many updates to his post, Beldar calls out Jonah Goldberg at National Review's The Corner too:
"UPDATE (Tue Apr 5 @ 2:30pm): Argh. Jonah Goldberg's been suckered too. Doesn't anyone bother to read before blogging anymore? It took me all of ten seconds to find the speech on Cornyn's website and three minutes to read it start to finish. I expect better than this from these folks, frankly. You should too."
Soon after emailing Mr. Goldberg and Ms. Lopez at The Corner, he adds:
"Jonah Goldberg was also prompt and kind in linking my post in response to my email, and K-Lo has now linked the full text of Sen. Cornyn's speech. My thanks to them both."
Good, objective and thoughtful analysis at the Beldar blog.
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