{"id":2630163,"date":"2026-07-15T14:31:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durbin-says-left-wing-assassination-attempts-against-scotus-are-actually-todd-blanches-fault\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T18:33:25","slug":"durbin-says-left-wing-assassination-attempts-against-scotus-are-actually-todd-blanches-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durbin-says-left-wing-assassination-attempts-against-scotus-are-actually-todd-blanches-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Dem Blames Todd Blanche For Dems&#8217; Attacks On SCOTUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdurbin-says-left-wing-assassination-attempts-against-scotus-are-actually-todd-blanches-fault%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2630163&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The confirmation hearing for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is happening amid heightened tensions following Justice Amy Coney Barrett&#8217;s emotional testimony about threats to her family, which prompted her to seek increased security. During the hearing, Senator Dick Durbin accused Blanche of being complicit in threats against Supreme Court Justices because of his remarks about the Justice Department being &#8220;at war with the federal judiciary.&#8221; Durbin also criticized Blanche&#8217;s connection to former President Trump, while overlooking that violence against justices is largely driven by individuals upset with decisions like the Dobbs ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. Since Dobbs, threats and security incidents targeting justices have increased significantly, including an assassination attempt on justice brett Kavanaugh and ongoing doxxing and swatting of Justice Barrett. The rise in threats is largely attributed to anti-judiciary sentiments from some Democrats, with lower court judges frequently enough giving lenient sentences to those who threaten or attack justices. Durbin&#8217;s comments also misrepresent Blanche&#8217;s words about rogue judges.the article argues that violence stems mainly from radical factions opposed to conservative judicial decisions, and criticizes Democrats for politicizing and neglecting the importance of protecting judicial officials and upholding the Constitution.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The confirmation hearing for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is underway, just a day after  Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett gave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-justices-amy-coney-barrett-elena-kagan-congress-security-funding-threats\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-justices-amy-coney-barrett-elena-kagan-congress-security-funding-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harrowing testimony<\/a> about ongoing left-wing threats to her family and personal safety and requested increased protection. Yet Sen. Dick Durbin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iBMTgZPmcT4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">took<\/a> the opportunity in his opening remarks for Wednesday\u2019s hearing to place the blame for those threats on Blanche, Trump\u2019s nominee for attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin claimed that because Blanche said \u201cthe Justice Department was quote, \u2018at war with the federal judiciary\u2019\u201d \u2014 referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hannah-dugan-judge-arrested-ice-trump-milwaukee-fb6f19ec5ccde54dfad3fd03bc58e39d\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hannah-dugan-judge-arrested-ice-trump-milwaukee-fb6f19ec5ccde54dfad3fd03bc58e39d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rogue <\/a>Democrat-appointed judges who have consistently sought to usurp the authority of the executive branch \u2014 he is somehow complicit in the increased threats against the SCOTUS Justices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe careful with what we say about the judiciary. They are doing their job. We should never ever countenance violence against anyone on either side,\u201d Durbin said. <\/p>\n<p>Durbin implying that Blanche is behind threats against SCOTUS is ironic, given his own statements made about the 2022 <em>Dobbs<\/em> decision.<\/p>\n<p>On the third anniversary of <em>Dobbs <\/em>overturning <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, Durbin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durbin.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/durbin-statement-on-the-third-anniversary-of-the-dobbs-ruling\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.durbin.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/durbin-statement-on-the-third-anniversary-of-the-dobbs-ruling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>: \u201cI want to make one thing crystal clear: this fight is far from over. I, along with my Democratic colleagues, will continue to fight against harmful partisan policies, unfounded in science or the Constitution, that put women\u2019s health and autonomy at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.durbin.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/durbin-statement-on-the-fourth-anniversary-of-the-dobbs-ruling\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.durbin.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/durbin-statement-on-the-fourth-anniversary-of-the-dobbs-ruling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reaffirmed<\/a> this sentiment not less than three weeks ago on June 24, the fourth anniversary of <em>Dobbs<\/em>: \u201cThe fight is not over. I, along with my Democratic colleagues, will continue to push back against harmful partisan policies that put women\u2019s health and autonomy at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The threats to the SCOTUS justices have increased dramatically ever since the <em>Dobbs<\/em> decision was made. Nicholas Roske, a trans-identifying substitute teacher, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nicholas-roske-brett-kavanaugh-sentencing\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nicholas-roske-brett-kavanaugh-sentencing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attempted to <\/a>assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and had plans to kill other pro-life justices in 2022. Throughout her time on the high court, Justice Barrett and her family have received repeated doxxing and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/30\/swatting-incident-at-justice-barretts-home-is-another-hit-from-schumers-whirlwind\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/30\/swatting-incident-at-justice-barretts-home-is-another-hit-from-schumers-whirlwind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">swatting <\/a>threats, which have not slowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re designed to intimidate or designed maybe to punish after decisions that the person sending the threat didn\u2019t like, as a warning not to do it in the future,\u201d Barrett testified yesterday before the House hearing. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to interpret, particularly those anonymous deliveries that are sent in the name of Judge Salas\u2019s murdered son, as anything other than an attempt to intimidate and influence decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was a 57 percent rise in \u201csecurity incidents of significant concern\u201d toward the SCOTUS justices in fiscal year 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmarshals.gov\/what-we-do\/judicial-security\/protective-investigations-threat-statistics\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.usmarshals.gov\/what-we-do\/judicial-security\/protective-investigations-threat-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> the Marshals Service. And the Supreme Court Police \u201cis anticipating\u201d a 38% increase in threats for 2026,\u201d according to CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin\u2019s attack on Blanche ignored the fact that the violence toward the justices is overwhelmingly caused by those in the Democrat Party who do not agree with the justices\u2019 decisions. He also blatantly distorted Blanche\u2019s comments about the \u201cfederal judiciary,\u201d which were made regarding rogue judges in the lower federal courts, not SCOTUS justices.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it was a lower court judge who gave Kavanaugh\u2019s would-be assassin an incredibly light sentence. Roske faced up to a lifetime in prison after pleading guilty to the murder attempt. Prosecutors sought a minimum of 30 years, but he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/03\/california-resident-jailed-brett-kavanaugh\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/03\/california-resident-jailed-brett-kavanaugh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced<\/a> to serve only eight years in federal prison by Democrat-appointed Judge Deborah Boardman.<\/p>\n<p>Durbin tried to detract from these realities by focusing on Blanche\u2019s personal connection with President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis nation deserves an attorney general who loves the Constitution more than any single president. An attorney general focused on keeping America safe and combating corruption, not satisfying the president\u2019s personal grievances or channeling crypto cash to the administration\u2019s MAGA faithful,\u201d Durbin said.<\/p>\n<p>If Durbin wants his opinion to be taken seriously, he and his party need to take and apply his own advice: Focus on keeping America safe and upholding the Constitution. This cannot be accomplished through the continuous appointment of far-left judges across the country sympathizing with radical, Marxist, LGBT extremists who threaten to harm judges and justices who are trying to do their constitutional duty.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Libby Bandelin is a reporting and editing intern at The Federalist with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.   A recent graduate from Dordt University, she earned her B.A. in communications with an emphasis in journalism and a minor in criminal justice.   In college, she served as chief editor for her student newspaper, and her writing won third place in the 2026 Cordell Prize.  She&#8217;s also attended journalism intensives with WORLD newsgroup and Alliance Defending Freedom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durbin blames Blanche for threats amid Justice Barrett&#8217;s safety concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4334,"featured_media":2630164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-15-at-12.46.33-1024x653.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[3685,6994,51594],"class_list":["post-2630163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-scotus","tag-todd-blanche"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-15-at-12.46.33-1024x653.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630166,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630163\/revisions\/2630166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2630164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}