I suppose this speech offers one more reason Tom DeLay will want to impeach Justice Kennedy:
. . . Referring to the title of a book by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman about increasing globalization, Kennedy said “the world is now flat, and the U.S. is beginning to be involved in international law.”
Of course, it’s possible that DeLay agrees the Earth is flat, but I’m pretty sure he won’t like the international law bit. And then there’s this:
After his speech, Kennedy answered a reporter’s questions about other political controversies. . . . .
In a comment that won’t endear him to DeLay and other conservatives, Kennedy suggested that criminal sentences in the United States are too long, noting that U.S. sentences are eight times longer than those in Western Europe. “We have to rethink the sentencing system,” he said. “We have 180,000 prisoners in the California state system alone.”
Asked about a bill just passed by the House to impose tough mandatory minimum sentences for gang-related offenses, Kennedy said he “strongly opposes” mandatory minimums, saying they lead to overly harsh sentences.
Notably, Justice Kennedy has made both of these points before.
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