Ex-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy says ‘freedom is at risk’ amid attacks on judges ruling against Trump

On Thursday, the former US Supreme Court Anthony Kennedy warned that the tone of political discourse and the threats against judges weaken the ability to serve as an example of freedom and democracy around the world.

Kennedy, who was a reagan appointment in 2018 in the first period of President Donald Trump, was talking about the threats of law on the superiority of law because he defended the role of judges in a democracy and advocated the need for protecting themselves and their families from threats.

“Many for the rest of the world are looking at the United States to see what democracy is, to see what democracy should be, Ken Kennedy said, during the” Speak for Justice “event the day before the current Supreme Court justice in the current period.

“If they see a hostile, fragile discourse, if they see a discourse that uses an identity policy instead of talking about issues, democracy is at risk. Freedom is at risk.”

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Kennedy did not mention Trump, although other participants did not express his concerns about the threats and attacks against the judges to prevent the locks of the President’s political agenda, including other participants, immigration policies, fires of federal workers and wide -based tariffs.

However, Kennedy’s words, at least in part, departed from repeated attacks against the judges who decided against him, including some of the first period of the Trump administration.

In March, Trump criticized James Boasberg, the US Regional Court judge as a “radical left crazy”, and after trying to prevent the administration from removing Venezuela gang members from the United States within the scope of the United States, the war -time presidential power was called Trump.

Last month, Trump attacked the “Hate of the United States” judges as “monsters who want our country to go to hell.”

According to Politico, Trump’s discourse came with an increase in threats to judges, but the administrative spokesman said that the President was against any threat and would face prosecution from the Ministry of Justice.

Reagan appointed Kennedy defended the role of judges in democracy and defended the need for protecting them and their families from threats. (Getty Images)

Kennedy, “Judges must have protection for themselves and their families” and “judges are best protected and when our nation realizes how central they are for our discourse”.

“In this country, as I mentioned earlier, we should worry about the tone of our political discourse,” he said. “Identity politics is used in a way that a person is characterized by a partisan relationship. Democracy and civil discourse are not about it.”

The other participants in the forum, including judges from other countries who warned the US and the courts to threaten democracies, also stated that Trump condemned the courts.

Without mentioning Trump by his name, his son, who was killed by a displeased lawyer who went to the New Jersey house in 2020, said that the disinformation about the judges was attacked as “Rogue” and “corrupt”.

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Kennedy’s words, at least partially, from the repeated attacks of the Trump administration against the judges who ruled against him. (Getty Images)

Salas, “Judges bandit. Does it sound familiar? Judges are corrupt. Sounds familiar? Judges are monsters.… Judge hate America.” He said. He continued: “We see the spread of disinformation from top to bottom.”

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Salas warned that the number of threats recorded against judges this year has reached historical heights in the United States, and said that the US Marshals service has followed more than 400 threats against judges since January when Trump opened.

“The records will break people, and not well,” he said.

Reuters contributed to this report.