members. they are ordering state officials to draft more options for law enforcement to provide more security but they ultimate i will say it s merrick garland s job to enforce federal law, tensions surrounding the supreme court and justices are running high after the controversial decision to overturn roe v. wade and there are concerns that outrage can turn into violence. alexandria hoff in washington with more. alex. alex: but federal law has been clear that it is illegal to picket or parade outside of court official with active court case with an attempt to influence them. two months ago hogan and virginia governor glen youngkin called on merrick garland to enforce the statute, quote, a month lawyer after assassination attempt on justice kavanaugh the department of justice finally responded declining to enforce the laws. now a different federal official is writing to us with conflicting information. he s referencing a letter from supreme court marshal to governor hogan
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in iraq and afghanistan. it can be financial issues, it can be relationship issues. suicide preventions which is our number one priority, there s really no one thing that tends to cause veterans to make that irreversible decision. it usually is a conglomeration of things. when we talk to policymakers on capitol hill, at the va, we really try to, you know, convey that they need to take a more holistic approach to to suicide prevention. it s not just mental health approach and we need to capture those veterans that may or may not be struggling before they get to that point. alicia: and we do have some numbers here that we can put up. this is the report, va2021 report on veteran suicide and it s on the rise. 2001 on average per day you had 16.4 veterans taking their own lives. in 2019 it had climbed to 17.2.
segments, marijuana, you can have a criminal approach to it or you can have a medical approach to it or other source of drug addiction. and so i could imagine a mental health approach being a constructive one if it were a medical intervention approach. i agree but i think the macros that we have installed in our policy apparatus is you punch a key and the solution is criminalization. or get tough. that s the way that it becomes to deal with problems. but i think there are a couple of things about that. one, we have to train those people who are most in contact. school teachers, social workers, other community leaders, on how to spot and get and then there s been some success in that at the post columbine. and there s a lot more to be had. if we increase access, you know, not just to meaningful health care but meaningful mental health care quarterback the thing most stigmatized in the