Judicial independence does not mean judges are above criticism. Court decisions should be scrutinized, debated, and sometimes sharply criticized. Judges make mistakes. Courts can get the law wrong.
But our constitutional system provides ways to answer those decisions: appeal them, seek review by a higher court, change the law where Congress has authority to do so, or, in extraordinary circumstances, amend the Constitution.
That is how a nation governed by law resolves disagreement. Threatening, harassing, or intimidating judges is something else entirely. So is teaching Americans that a court has authority only when its judgment favors their…
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