According to an atricle Zi read this morning in the NY Daily News,
Justices Guth Bader-Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor have had ther lives threatened by rightwing extremists:
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor have been the targets of death threats by people apparently spurred on by Republican criticism of the high court.
Ginsburg revealed in a speech in South Africa last month that she and O'Connor were threatened a year ago by someone on the Internet who called for the immediate "patriotic" killings of the justices.
Over the past few months, O'Connor has complained that criticism of the courts, mainly by Republicans, has threatened judicial independence.
Ginsburg said the Web threat was apparently prompted by proposals in Congress, filed by Republicans, that tell judges to stop relying on foreign laws or previous court decisions.
So, the threats are coming to the SCOTUS for thier rulings. Is it any wonder? Judges acrosse the Nation are gunned down for any number of reasons from "what do you mean I have to pay?" to "I ain't going to jail" to you "freed my childs killer".
According to Ginsburg, the threatening Internet posting said: "... If you are what you say you are, and NOT armchair patriots, then those two justices will not live another week."