Judges at risk?

The right wing continues to warn that judges who make unpopular decisions (i.e. follow the law) may be subject to retaliation. Tom DeLay started it, but another Texan, Sen. John Cornyn, takes it a step further.

People upset with decisions made by "unaccountable" judges (those who don't listen to the right-wing) may resort to courthouse violence, Cornyn said.

Is that a warning? If it is, it didn't sound like a warning aimed at the violence-prone lawbreakers. It sounded like a warning to judges that they had better toe the line.

Is this a great system or what?
Story.

UPDATE: NY Times editorial: "The judges made them do it."

UPDATE 2: Cornyn says he learned a lesson, which seems to be something like, "Don't say what you're thinking out loud." Houston Chronicle story.