Protecting the Supreme Court

The justices are seeking an appropriation of $19 million better to protect them. Are the Democrats who control the Senate prepared to pass it?

Detail of drawing by Elliott Banfield, courtesy of the artist.
The Supreme Court building. Detail of drawing by Elliott Banfield, courtesy of the artist.

The fate of the man accused of seeking to murder Justice Brett Kavanaugh could emerge by Friday in the United States District Court in Maryland. Nicholas John Roske was armed to the teeth with a Glock pistol and a tactical knife when he was arrested lurking near Justice Kavanaugh’s home almost two years ago. The shocking nature of his ambition — assassination — hasn’t deterred the critics of the court suggesting that the justices are the real enemy.

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