Chief Justice John Roberts focused on judges' safety in his annual year-end report, following one of the Supreme Court's most tumultuous and consequential terms to date. 'A judicial system cannot and should not live in fear.'
Roberts did not specifically mention the abortion decision or the threats against his fellow conservative justices in his report, but rather spoke of the importance of security programs more generally.
which similarly led to threats against the judiciary, but dissimilarly expanded constitutional rights, rather than rolled them back., a U.S. District Judge in New Jersey, for her bravery and advocacy after her son, Daniel Anderl, was murdered in a 2020 attack meant for her."The law requires every judge to swear an oath to perform his or her work without fear or favor, but we must support judges by ensuring their safety," Roberts wrote.