so if you d like to visit, shut down dc on twitter. the account is shutdown. underscore dc and let them know the three hundred and seventy five places you think supreme court justices might be . and if enough people do that, they won t be able to do what they want to do, which is to intimidate judges into bowing to their will. this mexicana. oh, we we are very grateful to be joined now by a man who can sort this out because handsome is a fellow at the hoover institution. he joins us live u. professor, thanks so much for coming on . c so callingalli on people to hars supreme court justices, where does this go ? doceou you think? well, we know where it goes. it goes to nicholas roski showing s up at the home of bret kavanaugh wanting to kill him. we have the most famous attack on the supreme court since the court packing of fdr
families of supreme court justices. i support protecting them. i also support protecting their employees and their families. the more narrow measure took on new urgency in recent days after police say a man admitted he flew from california to maryland intending to kill supreme court justice brett kavanaugh and then himself to give his life purpose. department of homeland security officials are warning about a tense threat environment as the supreme court inches closer to potentially seismic opinions on guns and abortion. we re seeing threats from all parts of the political spectrum. protesters on both sides of the abortion debate have descended on the supreme court. protesters have also gathered at the homes of conservative justices over the last several weeks prompting some to point to this law from 1950. i wrote to attorney general garland a month ago asking why he wasn t enforcing the laws on the books already against judicial intimidation. reporter: that law designed to b
reporter: tonight the supreme court security protection debate ends after lawmakers approved a bill to help boost police presence at the homes of supreme court justices. why did it take so long? six weeks ago was when the draft leak happened and the protests started at justices homes almost immediately. the proposed bill expands the authority of the supreme court police to protect, quote, any member of the immediate family of the chief justice any associate justice or any officer of the supreme court if the marshal determines such protection is necessary. action on the bill had been delayed because democrats wanted to expand it to specifically include protection for staff and clerks. this bill has to do with the families of supreme court justices. i support protecting them. i also support protecting their employees and their families. the more narrow measure took on new urgency in recent days after police say a man admitted he flew from carolina to maryland intending to kill
homes of judges, witnesses, and jurors to try to influence the court system. the purpose of that statute appears to be to keep judges from being influenced by public opinion and in particular public opinion of people, possibly a mob of people outside their homes. reporter: meanwhile, don, we are learning new details about the man police say targeted kavanaugh. the montgomery county police chief tells cnn when that man, nicholas roski, saw u.s. marshals posted outside kavanaugh s home he turned around to contemplate his next move. he texted his sister who convinced him to call 911 and that is exactly what he did. thank you. evacuations in yellowstone national park as unprecedented flooding rips homes off their foundations. someone who witnessed the damage firsthand joins me next.
from being influenced by public opinion and in particular public opinion of people, possibly a mob of people outside their homes. reporter: meanwhile, don, we are learning new details about the man police say targeted kavanaugh. the montgomery county police chief tells cnn when that man, nicholas roski, saw u.s. marshals posted outside kavanaugh s home he turned around to contemplate his next move. he texted his sister who convinced him to call 911 and that is exactly what he did. thank you. evacuations in yellowstone national park as unprecedented flooding rips homes off their foundations. someone who witnessed the damage first hand joins me neck.