You have to give Delay credit...

After making threats to judges, he continues to display a complete disregard for separation of powers and democracy. It is a tribute to the strength of the American constitutional order that a man so craven in his pursuit of power has been stymied in his quest to subvert that order. One can only imagine what life would be like if Delay were truly able to impose his despicable worldview upon our country.

This snip from the bottom of the article shows Delay's complete lack of comprehension of how our government works:

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Dan Allen, DeLay's communications director, said that DeLay was "once again expressing his disappointment in how the courts clearly ignored the intent of the legislation that was passed."
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Congressional intent in this matter is irrelevant. The legislation was plainly unconstitutional on several grounds. As such, the duty of the courts was to strike it down. Remember, in a concurring opinion in the Eleventh circuit Court of Appeals Judge Birch, who cannot be considered as anything else but a staunch and consistent conservative points out:
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In resolving the Schiavo controversy it is my judgment that, despite sincere and altruistic motivation, the legislative and executive branches of our government have acted in a manner demonstrably at odds with our Founding Fathers’ blueprint for the governance of a free people — our Constitution.
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You don't say....the judge goes on to explain how Tom Delay clearly hates democracy
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The Framers established
three coequal but separate branches of government, each with the ability to
exercise checks and balances on the two others. And to preserve this dynamic, the
“Constitution mandates that ‘each of the three general departments of government
[must remain] entirely free from the control or coercive influence, direct or
indirect, of either of the others.’” [citations omitted]

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Read the rest of the opinion for a more detailed explanation of how Delay's retched pandering to his fellow religous extremists evinces a complete disregard for the principles of justice and the rule of law.

BTW, I apologize to my legal research and writing professor and my wife, a bluebooking master, for not bluebooking my citations. That's just one many reasons I'm no longer actively practicing law....