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Judges and Judiciary

May 31, 2022

Do American judges have the security they need?

The executive and legislative branches have the power to command money for security personnel. Celebrities and extremely wealthy people have the security they need. Judges do not.

James J. Brosnahan

Senior of Counsel
Morrison & Foerster LLP

425 Market St.
San Francisco , CA 94105

Email: JBrosnahan@mofo.com

Jim is writing a book on President Trump and the Constitution.

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At four in the morning he gave the judge a wakeup call. Standing on the sidewalk outside her house he screamed: “I am going to kill you!” He repeated it several times then vanished into the night. A policeman found him – a homeless schizophrenic living on the street. He told the officer he would not do it again. That ended the police investigation.

A different schizophrenic sent long, explicit, rambling death threats that described the jud...

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