Judges in Danger: A Gathering Whirlwind?

In addition to the pressures America’s judges face to establish ‘equal justice under law,’ they face an increased risk of violence and threats.

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The chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party, Robert Vance, at Chicago in 1968. AP, file

News that a gunman was arrested outside the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh leads us to think of Robert Vance. He was one of the finest political figures we’ve ever met. When we covered him, he was leading the Democratic Party of Alabama, which was then in the thick of the civil rights struggle. The one-time segregationist ex-governor, George Wallace, ostensibly a Democrat, was running for President as an Independent.

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