Brendan Nyhan

What is Tom DeLay talking about? (Internet research edition)

Tom DeLay attacking Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy:

“We’ve got Justice Kennedy writing decisions based upon international law, not the Constitution of the United States? That’s just outrageous,” DeLay told Fox News Radio. “And not only that, but he said in session that he does his own research on the Internet? That is just incredibly outrageous.”

I understand the international law objection, but are judges not allowed to do research anymore? Is the Internet an invalid source of information? DeLay sounds like a crochety old professor complaining about students using Google.