Justice Neil Gorsuch breaks silence on violent threats against judiciary, Supreme Court leaks

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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch spoke out against rising threats targeting judges, breaking his silence on violence against the judiciary in a sit-down interview with Fox News Digital. Gorsuch’s remarks come amid heightened security concerns for members of the Supreme Court following the 2022 leak of the court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which sparked protests outside justices’ homes and intensified fears about their safety, particularly after the attempted assassination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Gorsuch emphasized that the current environment — marked by increasingly heated public discourse and breaches of court confidentiality — poses broader risks to the institution. "We have to be able to hear one another," Gorsuch said. "And violence is never the answer." JUSTICE GORSUCH HIGHLIGHTS HUMANITY, HISTORY IN CHILDREN'S BOOK CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY His remarks come as members of the federal judiciary have faced heightened security risks in recent years — including the assassination attempt targeting Kavanaugh during the lead-up to the Dobbs decision, in which the court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion. On June 8, 2022, Nicholas John Roske, a transgender individual from Simi Valley, California, traveled to Kavanaugh’s Maryland home with a firearm and ammunition in a checked suitcase. Authorities later found a firearm, tactical knife, zip ties, duct tape, a hammer, crowbar, lock-pick tools and other items in Roske’s belongings, according to the Department of Justice . After seeing deputy U.S. Marshals outside the home, Roske walked away and called 911, telling a dispatcher Roske had homicidal and suicidal thoughts and had come from California to kill a Supreme Court justice. Before the incident, Roske searched online for information about how to harm people — one search read "Does twisting or dragging a knife cause more damage" — and expressed a desire to affect the outcom…