Who will be there?

   It's been a little while since I've posted. I just haven't had much to say or the time to say it over the past week. Of course the news is still convulsing with the most recent news of the Schiavo case. Between that and Michael Jackson, I'm watching more and more CBC news broadcasts.
   One thing I'm noticing though is the outcry against the judicial branch. Apparently the courts can't do anything right, at least according to some right wingers. I've seen protest signs that say the courts are killing Terry Schiavo... How crazy is this?
   First it was the gay marriage issue. All of a sudden the courts in Massachusetts, which had not been decried previously, were assailed with labels of activist judges and the liberal bench. Because they found that gay people have rights, they were immediately attacked from all levels of government from the President on down.
   I'm sure I'm skipping more instances of activist judges, but now we have the Schiavo case and once again the court system is being denounced. People are going as far to say that the judges are murderers. I think this is all over the top and ignorant.
   This is how our government, our democracy, works. Checks and balances. When the legislative and executive branch overstep their bounds or fail to uphold the Constitution, the judicial branch checks them into place. Why is this important? Because some day those same "activist judges" will be protecting right wingers.
   All this divisiveness is bound to wind up back on their doorstep at some point. When people get worked up to the point where they are robbing gun stores to rescue people, they've been pushed past the point of rational action. Eventually, just like the Niemöller quote things will roll around, and they will need protection at some point. I truly hope that there is a judicial branch left to uphold our most basic principles of liberty and justice for them when the time comes. But if they break it down, who will be there when they come for them?