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In 2022, a California resident was arrested in the Maryland district of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after transporting weapons across the state line to assassinate him. The attempt followed weeks of potentially illegal demonstrations outside the conservative judge’s home after leaked a draft opinion that would overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling.
If this case happened to a Democratic-appointed judge, there would have been universal outrage from both sides of the aisle and swift passage of federal legislation to protect members of the judiciary.
But the assassination attempt on a Republican-appointed judge went largely unreported on Sunday’s political programming after that, delaying the vote on a bill that would extend greater protection to Supreme Court justices and their families in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives. rice field.
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Kavanaugh’s episode may be one of the most egregious against judges in recent memory, but it’s not an isolated one. According to the National Judicial College, “71% of his judges received inappropriate communications related to their position, and 56% received threats.”
As someone who has repeatedly sued the federal government and has been on both sides of judicial decisions in highly controversial cases, on both sides of the aisle, especially from the left, the tone and rhetoric of our independent judicial system is concerning. I see what’s going on.
For example, leftist outrage came dangerously close after U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Eileen Cannon ruled in favor of a special master in a case involving former President Trump and the Biden-led Justice Department. Inciting violence against the American judicial system.
Keith Olberman’s tweet on Sept. 6 called for Judge Cannon to be “indicted and arrested” if he did not “revoke the Special Master’s order.”
This issue is personal to my family. As a federal judge and member of the judiciary, my wife is entitled to a protected address. It was unimaginable that there would be dozens of demonstrators outside her home before and after her ruling, as a last resort to influence or intimidate her. Judges’ families don’t have to live in fear because of legal decisions made by the country’s judicial courts.
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There is no room for intimidation of our federal judiciary, but the Biden Department of Justice constantly looks the other way when Republican-appointed judges or judges are targeted in potentially illegal protests. I have seen
Everyone in our society, from the media to elected officials, needs to be firm and immediate in condemning attempts to subvert democracy through intimidation tactics and violence against federal judges and judges of the U.S. Supreme Court. I have.
The path we are on now has been paved by every petty dictator and Marxist revolutionary around the world and throughout history. It has been said that where law ends, tyranny begins. But equally, where an independent judiciary ends, Marxism begins.
An independent judicial system is the bulwark of a functioning representative democracy. Our Founding Fathers established a system of government in which the judiciary interprets the law. That responsibility requires that federal judges remain loyal only to the U.S. Constitution and the law, without fear of retaliation from a dissatisfied whim. is an attack on
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This does not mean that America’s judiciary was perfect from the start. Judges in federal branches all the way to the Supreme Court sometimes disappoint Americans with decisions across the political spectrum. This is life in the constitutional republic in which we live. Justice may take time, but it will triumph in the end.
Supreme Court members pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 23, 2021. Seated from left: Deputy Justice Samuel Alito, Deputy Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Deputy Justice Steven Breyer, Deputy Justice Sonia Sotomayor, From left: Deputy Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Deputy Justice Elena Kagan, Deputy Justice Neil Gorsuch , Deputy Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
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But people in public office should never threaten their lives, their livelihoods, or the lives of their families simply because they are trying to comply with their constitutional obligations.
That’s why, in 2021, I co-led a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general who urged Congress to pass legislation to keep federal judges and their families safe. I also called on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to enforce existing federal laws to stop attempts to intimidate Supreme Court justices.
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Unfortunately, this is becoming the new normal across America. The Far Left has for decades undermined our institutions and values, and has set its sights on imposing groundbreaking Supreme Court opinions to uphold its radical agenda. I was. This does not turn out well for the men and women who serve in our country’s Supreme Court. That is why Congress and the U.S. Attorney General must act immediately to prevent a devastating tragedy from occurring.
Everyone in our society, from the media to elected officials, needs to be firm and immediate in condemning attempts to subvert democracy through intimidation tactics and violence against federal judges and judges of the U.S. Supreme Court. I have. Regardless of the issue being debated, all Americans must stand together to protect and maintain an independent judiciary.
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