The Kavanaugh Murder Attempt is Shocking But Not Surprising JONATHAN TURLEY

June 19, 2022

While I do not believe that these politicians would ever countenance violence, they have spent months attacking the legitimacy of the nation s highest court because they disagree with the justices rulings.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., even questioned the institution s value: How much does the current structure benefit us? And I don t think it does.

Other leaders have supported the idea that, if the court did not yield to their demands, there is a license to take extreme measures like court packing. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., issued a warning to the Supreme Court: Reaffirm Roe v. Wade or face a revolution.

Those words may be heard by some as more than political posturing or pandering. It is heard as a legitimation of direct forms of justice, particularly by people who are mentally unstable.

Our national addiction to rage is reaching its inevitable end. But mobs are easier to incite than to control.

That is why the arrest of an armed man outside Justice Kavanaugh s home shouldn t surprise any of us. But it should be a sobering moment for all of us.

A jurist should not have to wonder whether he can both serve and survive on our Supreme Court.

via jonathanturley.org

Jonathan Turley.