Let's see who jumps up first and attacks Ruth

oh, THIS oughta be good for some wingnuttery in the blogosphere...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Tuesday that a Republican proposal in Congress to set up a watchdog over the federal courts is a "really scary idea."

Ginsburg told a gathering of the American Bar Association that lawyers should stick up for judges when they are criticized by congressional leaders.

"My sense now is that the judiciary is under assault in a way that I haven't seen before," she said.

As an example, she mentioned proposals by senior Republicans who want an inspector general to police judges' acceptance of free trips or their possible financial interests with groups that could appear before them.

"It sounds to me very much like the Soviet Union was .... That's a really scary idea," said Ginsburg, who was put on the court by President Clinton and is one of its liberal members.

yep, the soviet union... sounds about right... and, here i sit, blogging this comment while sitting in the computer room of an old communist building in a former communist country... think about it...

(thanks to john at americablog...)

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