Joanna Slater
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- Aug 31, 2026
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Dozens of federal judges describe intensifying threats in new report (opens the original)
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Federal judges are operating in an âincreasingly hostile landscape of threats, harassment and intimidationâ and require more resources for their protection, according to a new report released Monday based on interviews with dozens of sitting and retired jurists. The report, by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, details a sharp rise in the threats faced by federal judges over the past decade amid deepening political divisions, the spread of social media and inflammatory rh
This federal judge ruled against Trump; then the threats began (opens the original)
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The pizza delivery was strange. No one at U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s home had ordered it. But it was the name on the order that shocked him. McConnell knew what he had to do. He called Esther Salas, a fellow federal judge in a different state. He told her that he had received a delivery in the name of her son, who was shot and killed in 2020 by a disgruntled lawyer targeting Salas. Such deliveries would be made to federal judges in at least seven states, but McConnell
This federal judge ruled against Trump. Then the threats began. (opens the original)
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The pizza delivery was strange. No one at U.S. District Judge John McConnellâs home had ordered it. But it was the name on the order that shocked him. McConnell knew what he had to do. He called Esther Salas, a fellow federal judge in a different state. He told her that he had received a delivery in the name of her son, who was shot and killed in 2020 by a disgruntled lawyer targeting Salas. Such deliveries would be made to federal judges in at least seven states, but McConn
He wrote a scathing message to ICE. Federal agents showed up at his door. (opens the original)
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When two Americans were killed by federal agents during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis this year, David Streever was filled with outrage. On Jan. 26, the Upstate New York resident wrote a brief, caustic email to Todd M. Lyons, then acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Streever called Lyons a âmonstrous human beingâ and âAmericaâs Reinhard Heydrich,â a reference to a high-ranking official in Nazi Germany who oversaw the regimeâs secret police. He says he n
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