"This loss happened because our legal system did not protect the people who need protection most, and that will change. The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior, but not today. Today we grieve, we pray, and we hope to God this fate never befalls another." - House Republican Leader Tom DeLay."
And though you're apparently in the "law business," you should not be surpised at the movement afoot that's unfolding to scrutinize the judiciary in ways perhaps never before seen. You may even see a few judicial committee hearings empaneled that will elicit accountability, as well as some judicial impeachments because, as you know, the judiciary is a co-equal NOT superior branch of our government, at least the last time I checked.
Intent will always lose to the plain language of the bill, as it should. That bill was worthless, I hate to say. DeLay and Frist think they can use it as a sword against the judiciary, but I think he's got a hard row to hoe on that one, politically speaking - the support just isn't there, not so long as most folks think the right end was achieved.
"The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior, but not today."
LOL. If DeLay was serious about assigning blame for why the federal court action went nowhere, he'd resign immediately.