but that was, nevertheless, judge hilton--judge thelton henderson's position. c-span: you don't save your criticism just for judges. you take on tom delay. and the first thing i thought about is that y--your politics on this would come down, i would guess, more conservative than liberal. >> guest: i think that's fair to say, yeah. c-span: i mean, you are the op-ed features editor of the wall street journal. is that the correct title? >> guest: yes, it is. c-span: why--yo--you say that tom delay was involved in partisan grandstanding. >> guest: well, what tom delay did, the congressman from texas, was he actually proposed impeaching activist judges. and i think it's a good idea to do something to curb activist judges, but impeaching them, i think, is a terrible idea because that has--that has not been our history, that has not been our tradition. there have been very few impeachment proceedings, and they've traditionally been against judges who have corrupted the office. and there is no history in our country of impeaching judges because you disagree with their