The most dangerous man in Oregon politics?

No, it's not Ron Saxton. According to Gullyborg at Resistance is Futile!, it's Gene Hallman, who is a candidate to replace Oregon Supreme Court Justice Wallace Carson. In order to grasp the nuances, you'll have to read Gully's summation of a Hallman speech, but suffice it to say that the meat of Hallman's danger lies in the last three words of this sentence:

The great thing about appellate practice is that it gives you an opportunity to change the law.

Those are Hallman's words, not Gully's. And the last time I checked, it wasn't the judiciary's role to change the law, regardless of what Ted Kennedy might say otherwise.

Remember, Hallman is running against Jack Roberts, who would bring some sanity back to the Supreme Court.