Mr. Attorney General, Don’t Just Rant, Do Something about Protests at Justices’ Homes

Finally, the attorney general of the United States has bestirred himself into a righteous rant about the lawless protests at the homes of Supreme Court justices over the leaked draft opinion in the Dobbs abortion case. Now, the question is: Will the nation’s chief law-enforcement officer get around to, you know, enforcing the law?

It is all well and good that Merrick Garland, after taking two weeks to find his voice, has condemned threats against the justices — i.e., against Chief Justice John Roberts, as well as at least some of the justices identified in reporting as joining a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito (specifically, Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett).