Having been a poor blogger of late, I completely missed the story of Edwin Vieira making veiled threats on Justice Anthony Kennedy’s life by quoting Stalin’s “Death solves all problems; no man, no problem” line.
Apparently, it was all just a big misunderstanding. Eric Muller has the scoop, in the form of a comment from Vieira on his blog:
My reference to Stalin in the address that is being misrepresented on “Is That Legal” was to the point that many judges today are operating according to the principles of “democratic centralism” and “situational ethics” that characterized Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism…and for that reason should be removed from office…BUT BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL MEANS OF IMPEACHMENT, about which I wrote in detail in my recent book, How to Dethrone the Imperial Judiciary.
Note to Mr. Vieira: if you don’t mean to advocate the authoritarian removal of your political opponents, then don’t go quoting people who removed their political opponents by authoritarian means!
Or, to put it another way: if you don’t want to look like a crazed wingnut, don’t go quoting crazed wingnuts from the past!
