As Trump Lashes Out Against Courts, Calls Grow for Judges to Control Their Security Force

'It's obligatory': Former federal judge says John Roberts should be 'condemning' Trump

During an MSNBC segment on the issue of threats against judges, former U.S. Circuit Judge Michael Luttig said Wednesday that it was "obligatory" for the Supreme Court, through the Chief Justice, to be "out nationally condemning" President Donald Trump.Host Nicole Wallace asked Luttig if Chief Justice John Roberts should participate in similar conversations about the safety of federal judges. "His problem is to condemn the president of the United…

Congressional plan would withdraw authority from injunction-happy judges * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

A long list of dozens of judges at the entry level to the federal court system have issued nationwide injunctions against President Donald Trump and his voter-endorsed agenda to cut waste and fraud, remove illegal alien criminals and more. They’ve insisted on claiming the power to make decisions for the executive branch, even to the level of personnel hirings and firings. And they’ve threatened the administration with contempt for not following …

Federal Judges Increasingly Concerned That Trump Could Get Them Killed

On Monday morning, in an all-caps social media post, President Donald Trump wished a happy Memorial Day to “USA HATING JUDGES WHO SUFFER FROM AN IDEOLOGY THAT IS SICK, AND VERY DANGEROUS FOR OUR COUNTRY.” Trump also made a plea, still in capslock, for the U.S. Supreme Court to “SAVE US FROM THE DECISIONS OF THE MONSTERS WHO WANT OUR COUNTRY TO GO TO HELL.” Against all odds, the “monsters” to whom Trump refers are not Stephen Miller and Kristi N…

As Trump lashes out against courts, calls grow for judges to control their security force

Ensuring the safety of federal judges falls to the U.S. Marshals Service, an agency within the Justice Department. But as President Trump increasingly lashes out at the courts, empowering judges to oversee their own dedicated security force is an idea that is gaining traction. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Jeremy Fogel of the Berkeley Judicial Institute at the UC Berkeley School of Law.

Judges reportedly eye new security measures as Trump’s rhetorical attacks get worse

As Donald Trump condemns unnamed judges as “monsters who want our country to go to hell,” there's growing talk of systemic security reforms for the courts.