Judges are under threat. This is no way to run a country.
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By David French
Opinion Columnist
Have you ever written words that you thought might get you killed? Have you ever written words that you worry might get someone you love killed?
That’s the reality that federal judges are facing across the nation. Our awful era of intimidation and political violence has come for them, and it represents a serious threat to the independence and integrity of the American judiciary.
Some of the worst threats have gone unanswered, or been minimized, or been swept aside under the banner of “free speech.”
Federal judges wonder if they can’t keep themselves or their families safe, how are they expected to uphold the rule of law?
Federal judges wonder if they can’t keep themselves or their families safe, how are they expected to uphold the rule of law?
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