Quotes of the Week

Hecht, DeLay, DeGuerin, Gibson, Earle, and Farley Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht, telling The Dallas Morning News that a judge's personal views don't necessarily indicate how they'll rule on something, citing Justice Antonin Scalia's opinion allowing flag-burning: "Can you imaging Justice Scalia burning a flag? It's not going to happen. But what does the Constitution say, can you do it or not? Yes, the Constitution says you can do it." U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land, talking to the Houston Chronicle about losing his position as majority leader because of the indictments: "I will virtually be in charge of the agenda and driving the agenda. I am still a member of Congress. I can still work on legislation." Attorney Dick DeGuerin, after Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle got a new grand jury to reindict DeLay on its first day in session, in the Houston Chronicle: "It proves a district attorney can lead a grand jury around like a bull with a ring through its nose." William Gibson, foreman of the first grand jury that indicted Tom DeLay, quoted by The Dallas Morning News: "As far as we're concerned, they presented us enough evidence and witnesses that we felt we were on the right track. I would not have put my name on that grand jury indictment unless I felt we had ample probable cause." Earle, defending his decision to let a documentary crew follow the campaign finance case, in The Dallas Morning News: "My office follows all the same proper rules about rightfully protected information for all the media no matter who they are. I told them the truth, and they thought it was a movie. Go figure. I'm just doing my job." Theresa Farley of Danbury, who got stuck in evacuation traffic, telling the Brazosport Facts about other drivers: "They were rude, they were running us off the road. They had Houston damn bumper stickers."