Все больше федеральных судей предупреждают об увеличении числа угроз с применением насилия

WASHINGTON — A group of federal judges on Thursday added to the chorus of concerns raised about the rise of violent threats against members of the judiciary at a time when President Donald Trump has ramped up his criticism of the courts. Four sitting judges spoke during an online forum hosted by a legal group called “Speak Up for Justice ” that was formed to defend the judiciary and the rule of law. “I don’t think being a federal judge is a job for the faint-hearted. What I probably did not expect to quite this degree is the level of vitriol and the types of violent threats that have come across my desk over the years,” said Chief Judge Dolly Gee, who oversees the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and was appointed by President Barack Obama. There has been an increasing number of threats against federal judges in recent years, according to data maintained by the U.S. Marshals Service, sparking alarm within the judiciary. There have been 314 investigations involving 202 judges since October, the agency says. Among the speakers was Washington-based U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, an appointee of President Joe Biden, who has been at the center of some high-profile Trump-related cases. In February, Reyes read aloud in her courtroom threats she received after blocking the Trump administration from removing protected status from Haitian immigrants. The Trump administration's effort to block that ruling is currently pending at the Supreme Court. She also ruled against the administration over its attempt to ban transgender people from the military, a policy the Supreme Court later allowed to go into effect. "What’s most problematic is that the extraordinary has become ordinary. Every judge that issues a high-profile opinion … gets a deluge of emails and threats like this constantly. I hear it from judges all the time, “ Reyes said. ”I think a lot of the blowback on social media and a lot of the threats come from fear and misunderstanding, sort of fear of what’s going on in society, " she added. The other three judges also recounted their own personal experiences of threats arising from all kinds of cases, not just those with a political tinge. They also bemoaned the role of social media and criticized journalists for including the name of the president who appointed a judge when reporting on their rulings. Such information can give the appearance that a judge is partisan, they said. Judge Mark Norris, a Trump appointee based in Tennessee, spoke of the need for more respectful dialogue about the judiciary. “We’ve got to translate that into words that people understand these days. It’s a heavy lift, but we have to do this work, ” he said. Judge Michelle Williams Court, who is based in California, echoed those sentiments, urging people to educate themselves about how the judiciary works. „Ein wesentlicher Teil der treibenden Kraft hinter den Drohungen gegen die Justiz ist die Tatsache, dass im Internet und in den sozialen Medien ein Informationsvakuum herrscht“, sagte sie. Die Richter betonten wiederholt, dass die Drohungen sie nicht davon abhalten würden, ihre Arbeit zu tun. Viele der Richter, die in letzter Zeit ins Visier geraten sind, hatten in vielbeachteten Fällen gegen die Trump-Regierung entschieden; einige sahen sich scharfer Kritik seitens Trumps oder seiner Verbündeten ausgesetzt. Einige Republikaner haben gefordert, Richter, die gegen Trump entschieden haben, anzuklagen. Unter anderem sahen sich Richter einer Welle wütender Voicemails und Drohungen ausgesetzt. Es gab auch eine ungewöhnliche Serie anonymer Pizzalieferungen an die Wohnsitze der Richter. NBC News berichtete im vergangenen Jahr, dass die Lieferungen, die von den Richtern als eine Form der Einschüchterung angesehen wurden, möglicherweise mit ausländischen Akteuren in Verbindung stehen. NBC News berichtete im September exklusiv, dass bestimmte Richter frustriert waren, dass die häufigen Urteile des Obersten Gerichtshofs zugunsten von Trump im vergangenen Jahr, oft ohne Erklärung, zu dem negativen Diskurs über die Justiz beitrugen. Einige dieser Richter sagten, Oberrichter John Roberts könne mehr tun, um die untergeordneten Gerichte zu verteidigen. In den letzten Wochen hat sich die Lage gewandelt: Trump richtete seinen Zorn nun gegen den Obersten Gerichtshof selbst, nachdem dieser entschieden hatte, dass seine pauschalen Zölle rechtswidrig seien. Anfang dieser Woche erklärte Roberts in einer seltenen öffentlichen Stellungnahme, dass persönliche Angriffe gegen Richter gefährlich seien und „aufhören müssen“.