The Brennan Center has a new report around threats to judges:
Federal judges today operate in an increasingly hostile landscape of threats, harassment, and intimidation. Chief Justice John Roberts dedicated part of his 2024 Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary to the danger of violence directed at judges. Two years later, the threats persist and are growing in number. According to the federal judiciary’s fiscal year 2027 congressional budget summary, published in March 2026, “security incidents of significant concern,” as reported by the U.S. Marshals Service, “increased for judges by 57 percent in FY 2025 and are on pace to rise again in FY 2026” — making security efforts “more urgent than ever.” Justice Elena Kagan testified before the U.S. Senate in July 2026 that the Supreme Court Police expected a 38 percent increase in threats against Supreme Court justices in 2026, following a 25 percent increase in 2025.
You can read more here: Eliazar Chacha & Isela Gutierrez, Five Ways the Legal Community Can Protect Judges and the Rule of Law, Brennan Center for Justice, September 22, 2026 (noting that “[f]rom speaking in defense of judges to advocating for greater judicial security funding, lawyers and legal organizations can play a critical role as threats against judges escalate”); see also Alicia Bannon et al., Research Report: Protecting Judges from Rising Threats, Brennan Center for Justice, August 31, 2026 (“Federal judges and their families are facing extraordinary pressures. Improved security can ensure that they remain safe and that judicial independence remains uncompromised.”)
