I've read repeated comments on how wrong it is to threaten the life of a judge or justice, or protest in front of a judge's or justice's home. All this comes only after recent events involving Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has (almost certainly) voted to overthrow 50 years of established precedent. This was after he assured US Senators, during his approval process, that he opposed overturning established legal opinions that had become legal precedent.
Some historical perspective is needed.
After the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, Justice Harry Blackmun (who wrote the 7-2 majority opinion) received numerous threats against his life. At least once, a bullet was fired at his home, going through a window. No one was hurt, but he and his family were present at the time. Not a single word of disapproval was heard from the otherwise highly vocal people who opposed this decision.
Over the years, abortion clinics and family planning centers around the USA were attacked, fire bombed, and employees were murdered by gun fire. Again, only silence was heard from the anti-abortion camp.
Of course, it wrong to threaten anyone's life, much less to act out on those threats. It's always been illegal. But I'm sickened and angered by the one-sided response I see. How is Brett Kavanaugh different than Harry Blackmun? How is it OK to shoot at Blackmun's home, but not if Kavanaugh is threatened (no shots were fired)?