So Many Threats
"It didn't occur to me that there would be as many threats, and I do receive them," [Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day] O'Connor said [in remarks at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland]. "I don't think the harsh rhetoric helps. I think it energizes people who are a little off base to take actions that maybe they wouldn't otherwise take."
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O'Connor said tensions have historically existed between Congress and the courts, but she added: "It isn't any more pleasant today. … And I hope that we will see an end to this, but it won't happen right away, and it will take the work of thoughtful citizens who say, 'We don't want to have this from either extreme, so let's move on.'"
[excerpt from "Justice O'Connor warns against harsh political rhetoric", by By Gail Gibson, The Baltimore Sun, 8 April 2005.]