Threatening judges

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This wiki page has been created to track politically based threats against judges. Please add to this page anything related to threats that could lead to violence, even threats of impeachment. When in doubt, just add.

1 Timeline
2 GOPers
3 Judges
4 Others

Timeline

2004

September 16, 2004 House Republicans vote to strip the power of federal courts TheHill

2005

April 7, 2005 Rehnquist and others ask for protection WaPo
April 7, 2005 DeLay threatens SFGate
April 7, 2005 Conference "Confronting the Judicial War on Faith" takes place where DeLay, Michael Schwartz (Tom Coburn staffer,) Jeff Lungren (James Sensenbrenner spokesman,) Dr. Rick Scarborough (conference organizer,) make various threats of impeachment or worse NYTimes

2006

March 10, 2006 Sandra Day O'Connor gave a speech excoriating the Republican leadership for attacking the Judiciary. She said that attacks on the judiciary by some Republican leaders pose a direct threat to our constitutional freedoms... "Our effectiveness," she said, "is premised on the notion that we won't be subject to retaliation for our judicial acts." ..."We must be ever vigilant against those who would strong-arm the judiciary into adopting their preferred policies. It takes a lot of degeneration before a country falls into dictatorship," she said, "but we should avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings." Source: NPR and this dKos diary.

GOPers

Any and all GOPers who made threats, followed by all documenting articles.

Tom DeLay NYTimes WaPo
Michael Schwartz, chief of staff to Senator Tom Coburn NYTimes
Jeff Lungren, a spokesman for Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. NYTimes
Dr. Rick Scarborough, organizer of wingnut judicial conference NYTimes
Phyllis Schlafly WaPo
Michael P. Farris WaPo
Edwin Vieira WaPo
John Cornyn WaPo
Col. David Hunt Agitprop

Judges

Any and all judges who have either been hurt or killed by American citizens, threatened by the GOP, or asked for protection.

Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy --WaPo
A judge in Atlanta was murdered --WaPo
The husband and mother of a judge in Chicago were murdered --WaPo
federal Terry Schiavo judges court judges who spurned a request from Congress to revisit the Terri Schiavo case --WaPo
Chief Justice Rehnquist and others ask for protection --WaPo
Justice O'Connor warns against harsh political rhetoric --Baltimore Sun
Justice Souter attacked by several youths while jogging. --Slate

Others

Any other people or events that seem relevant. When in doubt, add it to the list, we can always edit later.

Michael Schiavo SFGate
Schiavo strategy memo
CBS legal analyst Andrew Cohen comments CBSNews
US Marshalls Service, in charge of protecting federal judges, says "On average, about 700 threats/inappropriate communications against judicial members are logged each year - many of which result in round-the-clock protective details." US Marshall Service

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