As threats against federal judges increase, Bolch Judicial Institute Director Kim Mueller points to secure, protected funding for judicial security as an essential part of the response.
In a POLITICO article examining new research on threats to judges and concerns about judicial security, Bolch Judicial Institute Director Kim Mueller, a retired federal judge, emphasizes that addressing the problem requires ensuring those charged with protecting judges have the resources they need.
“One of the issues both [the Brennan and Berkeley-NYU] reports call out is the need for better funding, secure funding, protected funding for the marshals to keep doing that job, particularly for the lower courts,” Mueller said.
The article examines findings from two recent reports on threats to the judiciary — one from the Brennan Center for Justice and another from the Berkeley Judicial Institute and NYU School of Law’s Rule of Law Lab.