GOP Wants to Defend Justices from Violence

A simple one-page bill authored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) that would provide for increased security protection for members of the Supreme Court whose homes are being besieged by abortion supporting fanatics got a cold reception from Democrats in the House.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md) called the brief proposed statute “unimpressive. Where are all the carve-outs for special interests? How can a bill of less than a thousand pages adequately reward all the key constituencies?”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) characterized the attempt to provide extra protection “an extraordinary infringement of freedom of speech. People who need access to abortion on demand are righteously angry that this access could be impeded by a pending Supreme Court decision allowing each state to make its own laws regulating the practice of abortion. Just because their style of speech incorporates threats to life, limb, and property doesn't mean that the Justices who instigated of this wrath ought to receive extra protection. Sometimes important issues need to be fought for in the streets like they were when George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police two years ago. In a democracy the people must have a way to get back at their tormentors. That is how we keep the enemies of progressive values from getting away with murder.”