Cruz requests Garland testify on DOJ steps to protect Supreme Court justices after abortion decision

Sen. Ted Cruz is demanding Attorney General Merrick Garland be called to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on safety measures the DOJ is taking to protect Supreme Court justices.

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Cruz referred to 18 U.S.C. 1507, which criminalizes any attempt to influence a judge in the exercise of his or her duties by picketing them at their home—a law passed in order to allow judges the "freedom to exercise their judicial power free from outside influence or intimidation."

Cruz also cites Article III of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees judicial independence by granting judges life tenure and salary protection to ensure they are not influenced by anything other than the law and facts in the case before them.