“I urge the leaders of both parties in Washington to strongly condemn these actions in clear terms,” said Republican Gov. Hogan. “It is vital for our constitutional system that judges be able to perform their duties without fear of violence against them and their families.”
Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday about the school shooting in Uvalde, Garland said the threat against Judge Kavanaugh was “behavior we will not tolerate.” He added that last month he “accelerated the protection of all judges’ residences 24 hours a day,” and that he had met with the Supreme Court marshal, the FBI, U.S. marshals and their own prosecutors. to “guarantee all available degrees of protection”. is possible.”
“Threats of violence and actual violence against judges, of course, affect the heart of our democracy,” Garland said. “We will do our best to prevent them and hold accountable the people who do them.”
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Biden “condemns the actions of this individual in the strongest terms and is grateful to law enforcement for quickly arresting him. “
“As the President has constantly made clear, public officials, including judges, must be able to do their job without worrying about their personal safety or that of their families,” Ms. Jean-Pierre. “Any threat of violence, threats of violence or attempts to intimidate judges have no place in our society. He himself has said so, and we have been forceful from the podium many times.”
In a bulletin issued on Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security said that after the publication of the leaked draft opinion on the abortion case, advocates and against abortion rights have “encouraged violence. “in public forums,” including against governments, religious, and reproductive health personnel and facilities, as well as those with opposing ideologies. “