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President Trump’s angry call on Tuesday for the impeachment of a federal judge who ruled against his administration on deportation flights has set off a string of near-instant social media taunts and threats, including images of judges being marched off in handcuffs.

The call came against an ominous backdrop. Nine days earlier, police officers in Charleston, S.C., had been dispatched to the home of one of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s sisters because of a threat that there was a pipe bomb in her mailbox. “The device’s detonation will be triggered as soon as the mailbox is next opened,” the emailed threat read.

The pipe bomb proved to be a hoax, but the threats and intimidation faced by judges and their families in recent weeks are real, judges say. At a moment when the judiciary is weighing pivotal decisions on the legality of Trump administration policies, the potential for violence against judges seems to be rising.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I hate to be correct. But it was always a foregone conclusion the red caps would come for then.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe they should look somewhere else while people start to Luigi the scumbag and other fascist garbage

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Well as another Mangione once said feels so good. And I think they are afraid we wouldn't be able to stop until all of them had answered.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

This was always the plan.

Trump's screed against Judge Boasburg (Sorry if I'm butchering his name) was a call to action. Whether it actually works or not is something we will see very soon, based on how Boasburg reacts to having his court orders defied for a third time. But even if it doesn't have the desired impact on Boasburg, it sends a chilling message to the entire judiciary. Fall in line, or we will come for you and your family. Dismiss our case and get it off your docket, or we will escalate. It makes the next judge that has a Trump case come across their desk at the very least consider doing whatever they can to get the case out of their courtroom as soon as possible, and increases the chances s/he will rule in Trump's favor even if only out of fear of retribution (whether it's political, legislative, and/or violent retribution).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

This is exactly why he pardoned the J6 criminals. He was signaling that he condones political violence on his behalf. This is the desired outcome. He is a tyrant. And it was fucking obvious when he refused to condemn the Proud Boys five years ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Wackos in robes administering systemic violence targeted by wackos without robes? I'm shocked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

And I'm sure the FBI is hard at work tracking down the source of that threat. /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

That's because they're living in a fascist dictatorship

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

What could possibly go wrong? Or right?