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I’ve been on the bench virtually 15 years, and I have to say it’s the one time that truly shook my religion within the judicial system and the rule of regulation.
I didn’t wish to be right here. It took me a very long time. I’ve by no means spoken about what’s occurred to me personally, as a result of I’m not searching for pity. I’m not searching for sympathy. I need to have the ability to simply do my job once more.
— U.S. District Decide John McConnell Jr. of the District of Rhode Island, in feedback given throughout a current webinar hosted by Communicate Up for Justice, the place he spoke of receiving an indignant voicemail the place the caller stated he hoped somebody would assassinate the choose. The indignant voicemail was one in every of greater than 400 he’d obtained after making a ruling in opposition to the Trump administration. McConnell has since obtained six credible dying threats. “I don’t know that the general public understands how the rule of regulation and the independence of the judiciary is so violently beneath assault like I’m undecided we’ve ever seen on this nation,” he stated. With out particularly mentioning Trump, judges who spoke on the occasion inspired U.S. leaders to cease “demonizing” the judiciary.
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