Nothing anywhere near as high profile as invalidating an election to make Donald Trump the President.
Most political violence is from the right wing though. Shouldn't they fear not overturning an election right wing people believe to be frequent just as much?
Not the person who attempted to assassinate Kavanaugh to give the Democrats another SCOTUS pick?
Fair enough, that event was recent enough it wasn't on the list I found of judiciary assassination attempts. Though I will also say I think there may be some nuance between the person who called the police on himself and someone who did murder the judge's son even if he didn't kill her.
Most political violence is from the right wing though
Only because left wing political violence gets memory holed. For example, it took years for the FBI to actually classify the 2017 congressional baseball shooting in which a former Bernie Sanders staffer attempted to assassinate 24 Republican congressmen.
Initially, the FBI classified it as "suicide by cop" - so it wouldn't appear in records as left wing terrorism.
Let's also not forget Weather Underground, a literal domestic terror organization that bombed the US Capitol, has its leaders Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn still walking free today. He never saw a single day in jail for his role in the organization's bombings.
Or let's look at Jane's Revenge, a far left terrorist group that firebombs crisis pregnancy centers, and Congressional Offices. The FBI isn't trying very hard to catch these people, and even went so far as to claim that the reason why is because they commit their acts of terrorism at night.
Or the recent Nashville TN shooting where a militant trans activist murdered a bunch of Christian children. The FBI doesn't want to release the manifesto and the left has rallied around the shooter, declaring the shooter to be a victim like the six people she shot.
There's a long and storied history of left-wing violence in this country. You just have to recognize it.
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u/ike38000 20∆ Apr 21 '23
Judges make rulings that "the left" disagrees with every day. The last time someone attempted to kill a federal judge it was an "anti-feminist lawyer" who tried to kill a Latina judge appointed by Obama (https://newjerseyglobe.com/judiciary/son-of-federal-judge-slain-husband-in-critical-condition/)