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Direct Headline: How the Mainstream Media Is Trying to Bury the Alleged SCOTUS Assassination Attempt
While the mainstream media covered the initial breaking news Wednesday morning, by Thursday it seemed to be very low priority as it almost all but disappeared on the front pages of national newspapers.....Even when the mainstream media reported the very disturbing story, organizations like CNN couldn't help but downplay what had occurred in this high-threat environment for the conservative justices....
Julio Rosas Jun 09, 2022 2:00 PM
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2022/06/09/how-the-mainstream-media-is-trying-to-bury-alleged-scotus-assassination-attempt-n2608489
TWEET: Steve Guest XX@XXSteveGuest
No mention of the assassination attempt on Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the front pages of USA Today or the Chicago Tribune. The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times hid the news on the bottom of the page in small font. Shameful.
Los Angeles Times Front Page
New York Times Front Page
6:47 AM · Jun 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1534894840936386560
TWEET: Nicholas Fondacaro XX@XXNickFondacaro
CNN's Whitney Wild tries to deny that the man arrested trying to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh had a weapon "at all." She also tries to blame right-wing extremists for possibly trying to carry out the hit, claiming "the risk truly comes from both sides of this abortion debate"
8:32 AM · Jun 8, 2022
https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1534558919896584192
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Direct Headline: My Son Was Killed Because I’m a Federal Judge
Protecting judges is essential to our families, and our democracy. Ms. Salas is a United States District Court judge, appointed by President Barack Obama, for the District of New Jersey and sits in Newark.
“Let’s keep talking; I love talking to you, Mom.” Those were the last words spoken to me by my only child, Daniel, as we cleaned up the basement from his birthday festivities. He was still glowing from a glorious weekend at home with his parents and friends....Then the doorbell rang. Daniel raced up the stairs. Seconds later, as I stood alone in our basement, my beloved son was shot to death. Mark Anderl, my husband of 25 years, was shot three times and critically injured.
This tragedy, every mother’s worst nightmare, happened for a reason wholly unrelated to either my husband or my son, but because of my job: I am a United States District Court judge. A lawyer who had appeared before me was angered by the pace of a lawsuit he had filed in my court. He came to my home seeking revenge....My attacker sought to hurt me but his ire, and his focus, were not unique. Federal judges are at risk from other would-be attackers.
For judges and their families, better security is a matter of life and death. But its importance goes beyond our well-being alone. For our nation’s sake, judicial security is essential. Federal judges must be free to make their decisions, no matter how unpopular, without fear of harm. The federal government has a responsibility to protect all federal judges because our safety is foundational to our great democracy.
Since Daniel’s death, I have vowed to do everything I can to make similar tragedies less likely. Last month New Jersey passed what is known as “Daniel’s Law,” which prohibits the distribution of personal information, including home addresses and phone numbers, for judges, prosecutors and law enforcement personnel....
After Daniel’s death, I learned from F.B.I. agents that it’s easy to find personal information about judges on the internet. Judges’ addresses can be purchased online for just a few dollars, including photos of our homes and the license plates on our vehicles. In my case, this deranged gunman was able to create a complete dossier of my life: he stalked my neighborhood, mapped my routes to work and even learned the names of my best friend and the church I attend. All of which was completely legal. This access to such personal information enabled this man to take our only child from my husband, Mark, and me.
Now the United States Senate needs to pass the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act, which would provide further protections for federal judges. Identical legislation has been introduced in the House....The bipartisan bill would protect judges’ personally identifiable information from resale by data brokers. It would also allow federal judges to redact personal information displayed on federal government internet sites and prevent publication of personal information by other businesses and individuals where there is no legitimate news media interest or matter of public concern....It would also encourage states to protect personal information, improve the ability of the United States Marshals Service to identify threats and authorize upgrades to judges’ home security systems.
The ambush that took my son and gravely wounded my husband is not the first such attack. In 2005, United States District Judge Joan Lefkow of Chicago returned home to find her mother and husband killed by an angry litigant. Since 1979, four federal judges have been murdered....The threat to judges is intensifying. Security incidents targeting judges and other personnel who play integral roles in federal court cases rose to 4,449 threats and inappropriate communications in 2019, from 926 such incidents in 2015, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
On Oct. 31, a federal judge in Houston learned from a former law clerk that his home address had been posted on Twitter. On Nov. 25, an intruder entered a judge’s chambers in Southern California, threatening to kill the judge and striking and damaging his desk with a metal cane which was later found to hold a metal blade. The assailant fled after the judge, who was physically unharmed, called 911....In my case, Roy Den Hollander, a New York lawyer who had filed a suit against the male-only military draft, harbored deadly grudges. On July 11, 2020, he killed a lawyer in California. Eight days later, he came to our door and killed Daniel. Too late, I learned that he had often described himself as “anti-feminist.” In a self-published memoir, he described me as “a lazy and incompetent Latina judge appointed by Obama.”
A determined killer will always be difficult to stop, but we make it far too easy to locate judges. Removing our personally identifiable information from the internet is a critical first defense....It is also essential to make judges’ homes safer. In 2005, after the attack on Judge Lefkow’s family, Congress funded security systems for judges’ homes. These measures are badly in need of an update to include external video and other safety features common in commercially available home security systems.
In my house, the only way to see who has come to the front door is to peek through a bay window. In mid-July, after four months of Covid-19 restrictions, home deliveries occurred almost daily. Daniel’s killer took advantage of this familiar routine, coming to our door posing as a Fed-Ex delivery courier....Investigators told me they believe Daniel thwarted a planned attack on me by stepping toward the gunman. My husband slowed the attack further by staying on his feet even after he was hit by three gunshots at close range. By the time I reached the main floor, the attacker had fled.
If Daniel’s death shows our country anything, it is that threats against federal judges are real, that they have dire consequences. Even at the age of 20, my son cared deeply about other people, and he bravely, and selflessly, protected those he loved most. We, too, must be brave and do what is right to ensure that judges can perform their duties without fear that they or their families will be gunned down where they are most vulnerable.
Daniel’s death is speaking to us, but will we listen? For the sake of my brothers and sisters on the bench, Congress must act now. Every day that goes by without action leaves our federal judges, our justice system and our very democracy in danger.
By Esther Salas Dec. 8, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/opinion/esther-salas-murder-federal-judges.html
VIDEO: Judges fear retribution for doing their jobs amid abortion protests May 11, 2022
U.S. District Judge for New Jersey Esther Salas, whose son was killed at home, weighs in on pro-choice activists targeting justices' homes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm53SkmC2VI
Direct Headline: A Latina trailblazer: Esther Salas, federal judge whose son was killed, described as 'mentor'
As New Jersey's first Hispanic U.S. District judge, Esther Salas has long been seen as an accomplished and admired Latina legal trailblazer...Salas is the first Hispanic to serve as a federal district court judge in New Jersey; then-President Barack Obama nominated her in 2010. Prior to that, she was New Jersey’s first Latina federal magistrate judge and worked as a public defender and in private practice.
“As a first-generation lawyer, she has had an incredible path to the federal bench,” Lopez said of Salas. “People are very sad, because she is known as someone who always gives back. She is a ‘pay it forward’ kind of person, and we are all praying for her, pulling for her, and sending our love her way.”...Between 2001-02, Salas served as president of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey (HBA-NJ).
...As a district judge, Salas is in an elite group. A 2018 report by the Hispanic National Bar Association found that only 2 percent of federal and state judicial positions are held by Latinas...."In her various roles including federal judge, public servant, and bar leader, she has been and continues to be a courageous community leader and trailblazer, and also serves as a role model and mentor for countless young attorneys.” She noted that Salas is the recipient of the association’s Latina Judge of the Year award in 2016....
By Raul A. Reyes July 20, 2020, 9:58 AM PDT
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latina-trailblazer-esther-salas-federal-judge-whose-son-was-killed-n1234361
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EstherSalas-PublicQuestionnaireUpdate.pdf
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EsterSalas-QFRs.pdf
Direct Headline: Report: Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Targeted By Gunman Who Killed Federal Judge’s Son
U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas said the shooter who killed her son and wounded her husband in a 2020 attack meant for her was also targeting Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, according to a “60 Minutes” report set to air Sunday...."They found another gun, a Glock, more ammunition,” Salas said, “but the most troubling thing they found was a manila folder with a workup on Justice Sonia Sotomayor."...
Robert Hart Feb 19, 2021,01:39pm EST
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/02/19/report-supreme-court-justice-sotomayor-targeted-by-gunman-who-killed-federal-judges-son/?sh=2eb477925c11
Direct Headline: Federal judge says ‘nothing is being done to protect us’
“But I also say to them that federal judges everywhere — federal judges, the lower federal courts stand on the front line of democracy. And we’ve been literally taking the fire for months now, years, in fact. And nothing is being done to protect us... We no longer have our son. And why? Because I was doing my job,” ...
“We do our jobs, we take an oath because we care about this country, because we care about democracy. And to do our jobs and to only be doing our jobs and to be fear of retribution, retaliation or death is not part of the deal, should never be part of the deal...Democracy demands this. Our Constitution demands this...This should not be a partisan issue. This is an American issue. And we need to understand that public debate has a place, and that’s in the public forum. It does not have a place in front of justices of judges’ houses.”...
by Chloe Folmar - 05/10/22 1:28 PM ET
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3483108-federal-judge-says-nothing-is-being-done-to-protect-us/
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There are those who believe the current protests outside the personal residences of current SCOTUS is perfectly acceptable.
What happens to our Republic, when our judges believe to deviate from any particular brand of narrow "mandated right think" for the clear benefit of a specific partisan political agenda, will mean a death sentence for themselves and their families?
I'll leave this here for others to discuss.
**TITLE EDIT**
Changed title from:
Obama Appointed Esther Salas: "My Son Was Killed Because I’m a Federal Judge" (5/12/22 6:22 PST)
To:
Armed man who sought to kill Brett Kavanaugh arrested near Supreme Court justice's home (5/12/22 6:22 PST)
EDIT: 6/8/22 8:20 PST
To:
How The Activist MSM Is Burying Alleged SCOTUS Kavanaugh Assassination Attempt (5/12/22 6:22 PST)
EDIT: 6/10/22 00:43 PST
While the mainstream media covered the initial breaking news Wednesday morning, by Thursday it seemed to be very low priority as it almost all but disappeared on the front pages of national newspapers.....Even when the mainstream media reported the very disturbing story, organizations like CNN couldn't help but downplay what had occurred in this high-threat environment for the conservative justices....
Julio Rosas Jun 09, 2022 2:00 PM
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2022/06/09/how-the-mainstream-media-is-trying-to-bury-alleged-scotus-assassination-attempt-n2608489
TWEET: Steve Guest XX@XXSteveGuest
No mention of the assassination attempt on Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the front pages of USA Today or the Chicago Tribune. The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times hid the news on the bottom of the page in small font. Shameful.
Los Angeles Times Front Page
New York Times Front Page
6:47 AM · Jun 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1534894840936386560
TWEET: Nicholas Fondacaro XX@XXNickFondacaro
CNN's Whitney Wild tries to deny that the man arrested trying to assassinate Justice Kavanaugh had a weapon "at all." She also tries to blame right-wing extremists for possibly trying to carry out the hit, claiming "the risk truly comes from both sides of this abortion debate"
8:32 AM · Jun 8, 2022
https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1534558919896584192
*******
Direct Headline: My Son Was Killed Because I’m a Federal Judge
Protecting judges is essential to our families, and our democracy. Ms. Salas is a United States District Court judge, appointed by President Barack Obama, for the District of New Jersey and sits in Newark.
“Let’s keep talking; I love talking to you, Mom.” Those were the last words spoken to me by my only child, Daniel, as we cleaned up the basement from his birthday festivities. He was still glowing from a glorious weekend at home with his parents and friends....Then the doorbell rang. Daniel raced up the stairs. Seconds later, as I stood alone in our basement, my beloved son was shot to death. Mark Anderl, my husband of 25 years, was shot three times and critically injured.
This tragedy, every mother’s worst nightmare, happened for a reason wholly unrelated to either my husband or my son, but because of my job: I am a United States District Court judge. A lawyer who had appeared before me was angered by the pace of a lawsuit he had filed in my court. He came to my home seeking revenge....My attacker sought to hurt me but his ire, and his focus, were not unique. Federal judges are at risk from other would-be attackers.
For judges and their families, better security is a matter of life and death. But its importance goes beyond our well-being alone. For our nation’s sake, judicial security is essential. Federal judges must be free to make their decisions, no matter how unpopular, without fear of harm. The federal government has a responsibility to protect all federal judges because our safety is foundational to our great democracy.
Since Daniel’s death, I have vowed to do everything I can to make similar tragedies less likely. Last month New Jersey passed what is known as “Daniel’s Law,” which prohibits the distribution of personal information, including home addresses and phone numbers, for judges, prosecutors and law enforcement personnel....
After Daniel’s death, I learned from F.B.I. agents that it’s easy to find personal information about judges on the internet. Judges’ addresses can be purchased online for just a few dollars, including photos of our homes and the license plates on our vehicles. In my case, this deranged gunman was able to create a complete dossier of my life: he stalked my neighborhood, mapped my routes to work and even learned the names of my best friend and the church I attend. All of which was completely legal. This access to such personal information enabled this man to take our only child from my husband, Mark, and me.
Now the United States Senate needs to pass the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act, which would provide further protections for federal judges. Identical legislation has been introduced in the House....The bipartisan bill would protect judges’ personally identifiable information from resale by data brokers. It would also allow federal judges to redact personal information displayed on federal government internet sites and prevent publication of personal information by other businesses and individuals where there is no legitimate news media interest or matter of public concern....It would also encourage states to protect personal information, improve the ability of the United States Marshals Service to identify threats and authorize upgrades to judges’ home security systems.
The ambush that took my son and gravely wounded my husband is not the first such attack. In 2005, United States District Judge Joan Lefkow of Chicago returned home to find her mother and husband killed by an angry litigant. Since 1979, four federal judges have been murdered....The threat to judges is intensifying. Security incidents targeting judges and other personnel who play integral roles in federal court cases rose to 4,449 threats and inappropriate communications in 2019, from 926 such incidents in 2015, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
On Oct. 31, a federal judge in Houston learned from a former law clerk that his home address had been posted on Twitter. On Nov. 25, an intruder entered a judge’s chambers in Southern California, threatening to kill the judge and striking and damaging his desk with a metal cane which was later found to hold a metal blade. The assailant fled after the judge, who was physically unharmed, called 911....In my case, Roy Den Hollander, a New York lawyer who had filed a suit against the male-only military draft, harbored deadly grudges. On July 11, 2020, he killed a lawyer in California. Eight days later, he came to our door and killed Daniel. Too late, I learned that he had often described himself as “anti-feminist.” In a self-published memoir, he described me as “a lazy and incompetent Latina judge appointed by Obama.”
A determined killer will always be difficult to stop, but we make it far too easy to locate judges. Removing our personally identifiable information from the internet is a critical first defense....It is also essential to make judges’ homes safer. In 2005, after the attack on Judge Lefkow’s family, Congress funded security systems for judges’ homes. These measures are badly in need of an update to include external video and other safety features common in commercially available home security systems.
In my house, the only way to see who has come to the front door is to peek through a bay window. In mid-July, after four months of Covid-19 restrictions, home deliveries occurred almost daily. Daniel’s killer took advantage of this familiar routine, coming to our door posing as a Fed-Ex delivery courier....Investigators told me they believe Daniel thwarted a planned attack on me by stepping toward the gunman. My husband slowed the attack further by staying on his feet even after he was hit by three gunshots at close range. By the time I reached the main floor, the attacker had fled.
If Daniel’s death shows our country anything, it is that threats against federal judges are real, that they have dire consequences. Even at the age of 20, my son cared deeply about other people, and he bravely, and selflessly, protected those he loved most. We, too, must be brave and do what is right to ensure that judges can perform their duties without fear that they or their families will be gunned down where they are most vulnerable.
Daniel’s death is speaking to us, but will we listen? For the sake of my brothers and sisters on the bench, Congress must act now. Every day that goes by without action leaves our federal judges, our justice system and our very democracy in danger.
By Esther Salas Dec. 8, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/opinion/esther-salas-murder-federal-judges.html
VIDEO: Judges fear retribution for doing their jobs amid abortion protests May 11, 2022
U.S. District Judge for New Jersey Esther Salas, whose son was killed at home, weighs in on pro-choice activists targeting justices' homes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm53SkmC2VI
Direct Headline: A Latina trailblazer: Esther Salas, federal judge whose son was killed, described as 'mentor'
As New Jersey's first Hispanic U.S. District judge, Esther Salas has long been seen as an accomplished and admired Latina legal trailblazer...Salas is the first Hispanic to serve as a federal district court judge in New Jersey; then-President Barack Obama nominated her in 2010. Prior to that, she was New Jersey’s first Latina federal magistrate judge and worked as a public defender and in private practice.
“As a first-generation lawyer, she has had an incredible path to the federal bench,” Lopez said of Salas. “People are very sad, because she is known as someone who always gives back. She is a ‘pay it forward’ kind of person, and we are all praying for her, pulling for her, and sending our love her way.”...Between 2001-02, Salas served as president of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey (HBA-NJ).
...As a district judge, Salas is in an elite group. A 2018 report by the Hispanic National Bar Association found that only 2 percent of federal and state judicial positions are held by Latinas...."In her various roles including federal judge, public servant, and bar leader, she has been and continues to be a courageous community leader and trailblazer, and also serves as a role model and mentor for countless young attorneys.” She noted that Salas is the recipient of the association’s Latina Judge of the Year award in 2016....
By Raul A. Reyes July 20, 2020, 9:58 AM PDT
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latina-trailblazer-esther-salas-federal-judge-whose-son-was-killed-n1234361
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EstherSalas-PublicQuestionnaireUpdate.pdf
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EsterSalas-QFRs.pdf
Direct Headline: Report: Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Targeted By Gunman Who Killed Federal Judge’s Son
U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas said the shooter who killed her son and wounded her husband in a 2020 attack meant for her was also targeting Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, according to a “60 Minutes” report set to air Sunday...."They found another gun, a Glock, more ammunition,” Salas said, “but the most troubling thing they found was a manila folder with a workup on Justice Sonia Sotomayor."...
Robert Hart Feb 19, 2021,01:39pm EST
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/02/19/report-supreme-court-justice-sotomayor-targeted-by-gunman-who-killed-federal-judges-son/?sh=2eb477925c11
Direct Headline: Federal judge says ‘nothing is being done to protect us’
“But I also say to them that federal judges everywhere — federal judges, the lower federal courts stand on the front line of democracy. And we’ve been literally taking the fire for months now, years, in fact. And nothing is being done to protect us... We no longer have our son. And why? Because I was doing my job,” ...
“We do our jobs, we take an oath because we care about this country, because we care about democracy. And to do our jobs and to only be doing our jobs and to be fear of retribution, retaliation or death is not part of the deal, should never be part of the deal...Democracy demands this. Our Constitution demands this...This should not be a partisan issue. This is an American issue. And we need to understand that public debate has a place, and that’s in the public forum. It does not have a place in front of justices of judges’ houses.”...
by Chloe Folmar - 05/10/22 1:28 PM ET
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3483108-federal-judge-says-nothing-is-being-done-to-protect-us/
********
There are those who believe the current protests outside the personal residences of current SCOTUS is perfectly acceptable.
What happens to our Republic, when our judges believe to deviate from any particular brand of narrow "mandated right think" for the clear benefit of a specific partisan political agenda, will mean a death sentence for themselves and their families?
I'll leave this here for others to discuss.
**TITLE EDIT**
Changed title from:
Obama Appointed Esther Salas: "My Son Was Killed Because I’m a Federal Judge" (5/12/22 6:22 PST)
To:
Armed man who sought to kill Brett Kavanaugh arrested near Supreme Court justice's home (5/12/22 6:22 PST)
EDIT: 6/8/22 8:20 PST
To:
How The Activist MSM Is Burying Alleged SCOTUS Kavanaugh Assassination Attempt (5/12/22 6:22 PST)
EDIT: 6/10/22 00:43 PST
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