CORNYN ON THE LEFT? Stewart Baker forwards an email that he got from ABA President Robert Grey:

As members of the legal profession, I know you share my concern over the public’s misunderstanding of the judiciary’s role and the politically motivated criticism of the judiciary stemming from the Terri Schiavo case, and are equally alarmed about the murders of Judge Lefkow’s family members in Chicago and the attacks at the Fulton County Courthouse in Georgia. The circumstances of these tragic events require careful analysis, thoughtful leadership, and measured response. . . . I have issued public statements condemning the violence against our judiciary and the gratuitous and vicious public attacks on the dedicated men and women who are our country’s judges.

So to Grey, harsh criticism of judges is comparable to actual murder. Sigh. No, it’s not. But if it were, some of the things said about judicial nominees by people on the left should surely count, too . . . .

Plenty of idiocy to go around, it seems.