Siccing Mobs on the Supreme Court Justices

Via Sophia Cai and Stef W. Kight at Axios:

The U.S. government is bracing for a potential surge in political violence once the Supreme Court hands down the ruling that’s expected to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by Axios. The big picture: Law enforcement agencies are investigating social-media threats to burn down or storm the Supreme Court building and murder justices and their clerks, as well as attacks targeting places of worship and abortion clinics.

The question is whether the people currently running the federal government are too invested in narratives about right-wingers being the violent ones to do anything about this. Chuck Schumer doesn’t seem concerned by protests at the justices’ homes, citing regular protests at his own house, but it is notable that anti-Schumer protests by immigrant activists, pro-Roe protestors, and anti-Trump demonstrators were also all from the Left. Schumer himself is far from innocent of inciting those mobs:

New Hampshire Democratic congresswoman Annie Kuster has likewise been dismissive, notwithstanding federal laws against such protests targeting judges in a pending case:

Kuster was asked if it is appropriate for pro-abortion protesters to target the private homes of Supreme Court justices as they consider a ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade. She dismissed those concerns. “These people know they are in very high-profile positions. They have security.”