Attacking the judiciary is a problem. From last year.
News WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) released the following statements after their Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act, which would establish a State Judicial Threat Intelligence and Resource Center...
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June 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would create a new resource center to provide threat monitoring and training for judges and personnel in state and local courts in response to a rising number of threats to the judiciary.
The Senate late Wednesday unanimously passed the bipartisan Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act, legislation that lawmakers argued was necessary to help protect the safety of judges and others who work in state courthouses nationwide.
Federal judges targeted by threats have more than doubled over the last three years amid a surge in violent and harassing messages directed at public officials around the country.
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On and on and on,
even assassination attempts on members of SCOTUS, and harassment outside their houses. However, who is number one in making it worse than ever? Consistently? Never apologizing? Never dialing it back?
This is from just 2 days ago.
This episode describes attacks on judges since January 2025,
how they differ from past attacks and criticism, the impact of bogus impeachment efforts, and the way forward. Judge Nancy Gertner (Ret.) and Nathan Bruemmer, the Chair of the Rapid Response Committee, reflect on what makes this moment unique, the stakes for judicial independence, and how we can safeguard the integrity of the courts in the face of increasing political pressure.
From last year.
The United States Marshall’s Service reports that serious threats to federal judges have doubled since 2021, a pattern also seen at the state court level. There have been multiple high-profile physical attacks on judges and their families, including homicides, as well a barrage of threats sent directly to judges or posted on social media. In addition, several national studies have noted a drop in the public’s trust and confidence in the courts.
“My life has been threatened several times resulting in two arrests, one conviction, and the purchase of my new gun,” one judge wrote in the comments.
"The attacks on the Judiciary by government figures have normalized the behavior. Two weeks ago, a litigant said I should be killed and my house burnt down with my family in it. Big talk from small people, but still drives up stress levels,” another judge said.
Founded in 1963, The National Judicial College is the nation’s leading provider of judicial education. Our mission remains as relevant as ever.
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WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson said on Thursday attacks by Republican President
Donald Trump and his allies on judges were "not random" and seemed "designed to intimidate the judiciary."
U.S. Chief Justice
John Roberts rebuked Trump in March for urging the impeachment of a federal judge, laying bare tensions between the country's executive and the judiciary as Trump's sweeping assertions of power encounter judicial obstacles.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said attacks by President Donald Trump and his allies on judges were "not random" and seemed "designed to intimidate the judiciary."
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