WASHINGTON (AP) – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday blamed Terri Schiavo’s death on what he contended was a failed legal system and he raised the possibility of trying to impeach some of the federal judges in the case.

“The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior,” said DeLay, R-Texas.

But a leading Democratic senator said DeLay’s comments were “irresponsible and reprehensible.” Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said DeLay should make sure that people know he is not advocating violence against judges.

DeLay, the second-ranking House GOP lawmaker, helped lead congressional efforts 10 days ago to enact legislation designed to prod the federal courts into ordering the reinsertion of Schiavo’s feeding tube. He said the courts’ refusal to do just that was a “perfect example of an out of control judiciary.”

Asked about the possibility of the House’s bringing impeachment charges against judges in the Schiavo case, DeLay said, “There’s plenty of time to look into that.”
Full Article: guardian.co.uk

Let’s shoot us up some judges–how dare they defend the law? The apparent intent of this whole Shiavo circus is to build up the fires of divisiveness that already exists. Graffiti has been springing up in my town: ‘F***ing leftists murdered Terry Shiavo’.

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