Justices Say They Are Targets Of Death Threats From The "Irrational Fringe" Spurred By GOP Criticism...


First Posted: 03-15-06 05:57 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:43 AM

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Associated Press:

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor have been the targets of death threats from the "irrational fringe" of society, people apparently spurred by Republican criticism of the high court.

Ginsburg revealed in a speech in South Africa last month that she and O'Connor were threatened a year ago by someone who called on the Internet for the immediate "patriotic" killing of the justices.

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Filed by Katharine Zaleski
 



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