If you’ve been following my blog, you might recall several recent posts about the Republicans and their verbal attacks on our judicial system, to try to whip up religious fervor to support some kind of theocratic test for judicial office, I think.

anyway, all this friendliness with the forces of extremism has caused our judges to fear for their safety. And so two Republican Supreme Court Justices, Kennedy and Thomas, appeared at a Congressional hearing to plead for more more for court security.

Now, if you were a Republican Justice feeling threatened by the religious extremist rhetoric from your own party, wouldn’t you be just a teensy bit less likely to vote for even more church-state mixing? I think so. I think the extremist Republicans are risking driving away their Republican allies on the bench.

Yahoo! News - High Court Justices Seek Security Boost: “High Court Justices Seek Security Boost

Tue Apr 12, 5:40 PM ET

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Two Supreme Court justices urged Congress on Tuesday to provide more money to boost security at their building, saying recent attacks on federal judges underscore the need.”