With all anguish about Tom DeLay’s comments, in which he demands accountability for a runaway judiciary, Ruth Bader Ginsburg proves again why so many of us are so highly critical of the Supreme Court . But I seriously doubt there will be any anguish over Ginsburg’s continuing arrogance and intemperance.

Here are excerpts from a speech Ginsburg gave on Friday to the American Society of International Law, as reported by the New York Times:

“Judges in the United States are free to consult all manner of commentary.”

“The notion that it is improper to look beyond the borders of the United States in grappling with hard questions has a certain kinship to the view that the U.S. Constitution is a document essentially frozen in time as of the date of its ratification.”

“Even more so today, the United States is subject to the scrutiny of a candid world. What the United States does, for good or for ill, continues to be watched by the international community, in particular by organizations concerned with the advancement of the rule of law and respect for human dignity.”

Ginsburg and her like view themselves as a combination of ambassadors, legislators, and Cabinet members. She simply will not confine herself to the dictates of the Constitution. So, what do we do about judges who brazenly continue to thumb their noses at the rule of law?