In the "DeLay May Come from Sugarland, But He Ain't Too Sweet" Department

From the Houston Chronicle (emphasis mine):

Although Tom DeLay portrays a believable Third World dictator, it is time that he stopped trying to transform the United States into his own ideological fiefdom.

And it is time for him to stop sputtering ill-tempered threats, not only at the judiciary but also at the U.S. Constitution, which he repeatedly has sworn an oath to uphold.

...On a different — but equally important — front, the Texas Legislature in recent years has been eroding the authority of state courts to decide questions of civil justice with a series of so-called "tort reform" laws heavily weighted against consumers.

And just a few weeks ago, Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal denounced the U.S. Supreme Court for banning the execution of capital murderers who killed when they were younger than 18.

No one in a position of authority has actually advocated locking the courthouse doors, but who knows where DeLay's next tirade may take him.