US judiciary warns of threats amid ‘concerning’ calls to impeach judges

Key members of the U.S. federal judiciary warned on Tuesday of a rising number of threats directed at their colleagues and described calls to impeach judges over their rulings “concerning” as some Republican lawmakers push to remove jurists who have blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies.

U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan, who chairs the U.S. Judicial Conference’s security committee, told reporters following a meeting of the judiciary’s top policymaking body in Washington that the court system was doing everything it could to bolster security for judges at work and at home.

“The security of judges and courthouses is a top priority for the judiciary,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan, who was appointed to the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by Trump in his first term, said he was “not here to point fingers” and had seen no data yet reflecting whether threats directed at judges are up this year.

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