NO! NO! NO! No protection for the supremes until we have protection against ASSAULT RIFLES!! CRAZY,

[BComplex]

ANGRY PEOPLE BUYING GUNS!!!

Those 9 justices can be replaced far more easily than our kids! It is insane and infuriating that the house and senate would even CONSIDER taking up those bills to protect the 9 adults on the supreme court before they would protect 335 MILLION citizens. Are the supremes more precious to the USA than our kids? Our people of color? Our LGBTQ friends? Our mall goers? Our grocery store shoppers? And the people who just want to go to church and find peace?

NO!!! Vote these bastards out of the house and senate for even considering such legislation BEFORE taking care of the underlying problem! I'm so friggin' sick and tired of the house and senate deciding who's valuable and who's not.

If they pass gun control, it would take care of the supremes, too.

[Beachnutt]

1. I thought the same thing but

someone corrected me in that if it was justice Sotomayors house would I feel the same way.....hmmm

[obnoxiousdrunk]

2. +1. N/T

[BComplex]

3. It gets back to regulating guns! Not "who" we're going to protect, as if they're more important than

anyone else. I say NO! I don't care if it's Biden, Pelosi, or even Elizabeth Warren or Katie Porter or Sheldon Whitehouse or Stacy Abrams!!! (heros all).

It's WRONG to protect those 9 rather than the 335 million.

[Beachnutt]

5. I agree

[dchill]

22. You are quite correct.

[drmeow]

29. Passing gun regulations

WOULD protect those 9 - that's what is so asinine about it!

[BComplex]

33. It definitely would! It would protect all of us EQUALLY.

That's what's so infuriating.

[drmeow]

45. Also, just passing gun legislation

not special SCOTUS protection would mean SCOTUS would be less likely to legislate from the bench by declaring it unconstitutional!

[BComplex]

46. Excellent point, drmeow!

That would plug up a nasty hole in our justice for the time being!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

7. I'm honestly surprised they don't have any security already nt

[dixiechiken1]

28. I'm pretty sure I read that that guy who turned himself in at Kavanaugh's house...

Did so because he saw US marshals outside. I think that's to whom he turned himself in, as well.

[inthewind21]

34. They do

And have has since May.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/doj-us-marshals-providing-security-at-supreme-court-justices-homes.html#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Marshals%20Service%20is,said%20in%20a%20press%20release.

[jimfields33]

17. All we have to do is convince the Montana senator, Jon Tester

[Demsrule86]

23. No, extra protection for the courts. Most of that court has contributed to the gun danger ...let the

eat cake.

[orleans]

32. i think something to that effect may have already happened -- or she was a target

and i'm not sure what we did to protect her... i don't think much was done.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/19/politics/sotomayor-salas-supreme-court-security/index.html

[BComplex]

35. This makes me even more angry! Sotomayor targeted in 2021, and nobody gave a shit then?

But now it's an illegitimate republican lying justice, and all of a sudden we're going to protect him???? That's what I mean!! NOT NO BUT HELL NO!!! Protect ALL OF US or protect NOBODY.

[delisen]

4. Agree. we are all equally valuable..nt

[C_U_L8R]

6. A proper Protect the Supreme Court Act

Should contain an assault rifle ban and other protections that will keep them (and everyone else) safe.

[BComplex]

9. Bingo!

There needs to be an "act" that protects ALL of us! THAT is the job of our elected officials. Why else have a government at all if they don't protect their citizens?

[rgbecker]

8. How many doors do those Judges have?

Can't they just strap on a 9mm like everyone else has to?

[BComplex]

10. Exactly.

Besides, the cops might be afraid to protect them, too, for fear of taking a bullet.

[aka-chmeee]

11. Note to Kevin McCarthy:

In the history of the Supreme Court, there has been one actual attempted assassination. This latest thing seems pretty lame so far as an attempted murder. 5 Federal court justices have been killed by firearms.

Every year almost 8000 children and teens are victims of firearm violence. 1800 of them die.
Almost 1000 are murdered.

Now, who is it you think needs immediate action by Congress?

[TheRealNorth]

12. We had one retired judge executed by a RW lunatic last week in WI

Where was all the concern and rage by Republicans then?

[BComplex]

13. Exactly. The republicans sold their souls to get this bunch on the supreme court.

No wonder they're not hesitating to show their hypocrisy over one of their fraudulent appointees.

[Cozmo]

14. Why give the repukes anything? They have sabotaged every bit of legislation Dems have asked for

Give them a bit of their own medicine

[samsingh]

15. agreed - why can't they arm themselves and do what republicans expect children and teachers to do.

[BComplex]

16. Perfect idea! Let's see if anyone on the news will show that there's a demand for that type of

thinking!

I'm outraged that the house/senate can even be considering this legislation ONLY to protect the supremes from guns. WTF????

[erronis]

18. Since a large portion of the SC justices are dominionists, can't we just let their lord protect them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_theology

Just because I trust Wikipedia a lot more than most news sources and the utterances of the SCOTUS.

Dominion theology (also known as dominionism) is a group of Christian political ideologies that seek to institute a nation which is governed by Christians and based on their understandings of biblical law. Extents of rule and ways of acquiring governing authority are varied. For example, dominion theology can include theonomy, but it does not necessarily involve advocacy of adherence to the Mosaic Law as the basis of government. The label is primarily applied to groups of Christians in the United States.

Prominent adherents of these ideologies include Calvinist Christian reconstructionism, Charismatic and Pentecostal Kingdom Now theology, and the New Apostolic Reformation.[1][2] Most of the contemporary movements labeled dominion theology arose in the 1970s from religious movements asserting aspects of Christian nationalism. Roman Catholic integralism is also sometimes considered to fall under the dominionist umbrella, but the Catholic integralist movement is much older and theologically markedly different from Protestant dominionism, since it is tied to the doctrine of the Catholic Church as being the only true church.

Some[who?] have applied the term dominionist more broadly to the whole Christian right. This usage is controversial. Some members of these communities[citation needed] claim to be concerned that this is a label being used to marginalize them from public discourse.

[Mad_Machine76]

20. Thoughts and prayers

My dudes and dudettes.

[MyOwnPeace]

19. OK, Moscow Mitch.......

You want action?

Answer this:

WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN SINCE DECEMBER 14, 2012? (Sandy Hook)

[RSherman]

21. Death Panels

And the Republicans tried to scare Americans by saying Dems would create "death panels" to see who lives and dies under Obamacare. Meanwhile, they decide whose lives are important and who deserves protection. Mitch M's fake outrage is sickening.

And, as one other poster stated, Repubs want teachers to be armed so they can protect themselves and their students. By that thinking, arm the justices and make them responsible for protecting themselves and all the SCOTUS staffers, clerks, etc.

[BComplex]

36. +++1,000,000,000!!! Yes!

Arm them and make sure there's only one way in or out of their homes and places of work!

[dchill]

24. Protect school children first. Reverse Heller.

Then we'll talk about "special protection" for SCOTUS.

[Quanto Magnus]

25. but those 335 million are just

pleebs...

Gotta protect the royalty at all costs....

[AllaN01Bear]

26. dont they already have protection?

[Oppaloopa]

27. Does anyone else think this Kavanagh story could be a made up scam since the other killings

were done by extreme right wing crazies?

[TheRealNorth]

31. Probably not

Our side has mentally unwell people too. We just don't encourage them to commit violence and make it as easy as possible to obtain a firearm.

[keithbvadu2]

30. Are children less important than those judges?

Are children less important than those judges?

If the answer is 'YES', then say so.

[BComplex]

37. Yes! They should be forced to admit it in front of the news cameras on every channel.

Let's hear them say that the justices are more important than the kids that were killed. Because THAT is what such an action would show.

[SoonerPride]

38. He needs bullet proof blankets for his walls and only one door to his house.

And he can buy a gun and have his spouse protect the family.

Seems fine to me.

[Oppaloopa]

44. This is why I dont trust his story

[Brainfodder]

39. How about not until we all have healthcare without worries of bankruptcy first?

How about we not let just 9 represent us in the most important matters?

[area51]

42. +1 n/t

[karynnj]

40. Maybe we should ask the Republican legislators arguing to arm teachers, about arming the 9 SCJ

It is an asinine, stupid, idiotic argument in the case of the teachers, who will, under pressure, already have many things that they do to try to save their students. Not to mention, I assume the gun would logically have to be locked up and unloaded until needed. This means even if the teacher were an ex Marine sharp shooter, in the case in Uvalde, he/she would still have moved to lock the door as the first step before retrieving and loading the gun. At which point, he/she would likely have been shot just as the teacher was. This ignores all the other reasons why guns do not belong in the class room.

As to the SCJ, they could obviously opt to arm themselves. In addition, they already have some protection from federal marshals. The impetus of the bill to begin with was to prevent protestors outside their homes.

[BComplex]

41. The RW Supremes are scared because they know they're fucking people over. Teachers are scared

because they're doing their jobs, and the right wing idiots have made shooting them and their students into a sport...WITH THE BLESSING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

[raccoon]

43. THANK YOU. nt

[Retrograde]

47. They're a co-equal branch of government

let them pay for their own protection