Jason Leopold of Bloomberg News has unearthed fascinating, and highly distressing, details on some of the more than 2,300 threats that were made against federal judges (including Supreme Court Justices) in 2022 and 2023 alone. The details come from a FOIA request to the US Marshals Service, and reflect investigative reports after the threats surfaced.
In some instances, threats were just examples of idiots blowing off steam. Some were generally angry about a particular court decision. But others were far more serious, including allegations of a hitman plot against a Supreme Court justice and another suspect who appeared to have planned to attack an assistant public defender.
The Interdependent Third Branch 