Threats Against Colorado Supreme Court Justices Surge

Following the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to remove Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot due to 14th Amendment disqualification, justices are facing a surge in violent threats. Threats, including calls for violence and civil unrest, have circulated on both mainstream and fringe social media platforms. The threats, which extend to Trump opponents, involve calls for lethal actions and have been directed at the justices and those associated with the ruling. The threats have been aggregated and analyzed by Advance Democracy, a non-partisan organization, which expressed concern over the normalization of violent language and attributed part of the escalation to Trump's attempts to delegitimize the court's actions. The threats, received by the seven Democratic justices who voted in favor of removing Trump from the ballot, have raised concerns about their safety and led to the sharing of their personal information online. The ruling has set the stage for a potential legal showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court, and the threats against the justices are part of a disturbing trend in response to major legal developments involving Trump. This surge in threats is part of a broader pattern of intimidation and harassment directed at judges and law enforcement officials involved in Trump's legal cases. The courts have taken proactive measures, including imposing gag orders on Trump, to protect those involved in the legal proceedings from threats and harassment. The Colorado Supreme Court declined to comment on the matter, and there has been no response from the Trump campaign regarding these threats.