With Threats On The Rise, Safety Concerns Are Becoming All Too Real For Federal Judges
Threats made against the judiciary have increased 'exponentially' -- and that's not a good thing. The post With Threats On The Rise, Safety Concerns Are Becoming All Too Real For Federal Judges appeared first on Above the Law.
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
We’re in a dark space, and we have to stop pretending like we’re not in that space.
— Judge Richard Boulware (D. Nev.), in comments given while serving as a panelist during an American Bar Association meeting on white collar crime in Miami, Florida, where he said that threats against the judiciary had gone up “exponentially.” Safety concerns for judges continue to mount, and when the White House gives incredibly unhinged responses to these grave threats, it’s even more alarming.
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