J. Exon: “I was very much interested to see how a judge resented the fact that a U.S. Senator called him asking the reasons for…”

“I was very much interested to see how a judge resented the fact that a U.S. Senator called him asking the reasons for the decision that the judge had rendered. That takes me to the place that, while I recognize the courts as the legitimate third force of government, the courts are not sacrosanct, and the courts had better get off of the kick that they seem to be increasingly on, as evidenced at least by the one instance that the Senator from North Dakota addressed. Judges are human beings like all of us. Those of us who are in public service expect to receive criticism. That is what making hard decisions is all about. But I simply say that, from what I know of the case that the Senator from North Dakota referenced today about the most recent decision, probably the most recent outrage by at least one court against what thinking people are trying to do to provide at least some degree of safe haven for our kids in school, highlights the point that the Senator from North Dakota is making and this Senator from Nebraska is making about the way things are happening today.”