Fed judge gets threats after AZ immigration ruling

[saigon68]

Source: Associated Press

PHOENIX — Authorities say a federal judge in Phoenix has been getting some threats since her ruling on Arizona's controversial immigration law.

David Gonzales, the U.S. Marshal for Arizona, says U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton has received thousands of phone calls and e-mails since her preliminary injunction Wednesday that put key provisions of the state's immigration law on hold.

Gonzales says some of the messages sent to Bolton are positive, but others are "from people venting and who have expressed their displeasure in a perverted way."

Gonzales says his agents are taking some of the threats to Bolton seriously. He refused to discuss any extra security measures, which U.S. marshals routinely provide federal judges.

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hZ8Gy51rOgX8-wDT3iqTGWw1uLiAD9H90JDG0

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The Scum come out of the wood work

[bluestateguy]

1. There are a lot of very violent angry white men in this country

It might be time for some racial profiling. All middle aged white men with boobs need to be watched.

[architect359]

3. ...it's not just men

Take a better look at pictures posted from those rallies. The are plenty of women as well...

[saigon68]

6. Like this beauty

She certainly exudes love in this photo doesn't she

[architect359]

2. edited to reply to correct post

delete

[defendandprotect]

4. Usual right wing response -- violence --

[saigon68]

5. Knuckle dragging thugs

My apology to Chimps

[Elmore Furth]

7. Judge (Susan Bolton) 'inundated' with death threats after Arizona ruling

Source: Chicago Sun Times

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton received hundreds of threats at her court offices within hours of her ruling last week on Arizona's tough and controversial immigration law.

"She has been inundated," said U.S. Marshal David Gonzales, indicating his agents are taking some seriously. "About 99.9 percent of the inappropriate comments are people venting. They are exercising their First Amendment rights, and a lot of it is perverted. But it's that 0.1 percent that goes over the line that we are taking extra seriously."

Bolton put on hold key provisions, including the heart of the statute that would give police the authority to check a suspect's immigration status during routine stops if there was reasonable suspicion that the suspect was in the country illegally. Her decision also blocks sections of the law that would require documented immigrants to carry their registration papers.

She agreed with the Obama administration that the Arizona law was unconstitutional because legal immigrants and U.S. citizens "will necessarily be swept up" by it.



Read more: http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/2553782,CST-NWS-immig01.article

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Nice to know the right wing has as much respect for the rule of law after Bush is out of office as they were when she was in office.

[I Have A Dream]

8. This is very sad but not surprising.

:(

[pinboy3niner]

9. "RW dumps 'agree to disagree' for 'Second Amendment remedy'

The gullible blindly believe the RW demagogues who convince them they've been left with no other recourse. For people who wave their copies of the Constitution around so much, it's a shame they understand so little about it.

[tularetom]

10. If a judge's decision pisses off the type of people who make death threats

That's all I need to know to decide the judge made the correct call.

[izquierdista]

11. "The left does it too...."

I'm trying to recall the last time I read about death threats from the left after a decidedly conservative ruling. Anyone? Bueller?

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. So why is New York getting a pass with their stop and frisk programs?

[Botany]

13. Now who could have helped whip up that hatred?

[classysassy]

14. Four piles of dung

Dog,camel,rat and donkey,dong by any other name is just as foul.

[depakid]

15. Papers like the Oregonian who allow (*encourage?) their comment sections to be used

repeatedly as race baiting forums are equally responsible.

[pinboy3niner]

16. Absolutely

It used to be just the smaller local news forums (like Topix) that were guilty of this. Now it's even infected the forums of the large mainstream dailies.

One columnist did such a great job addressing this that I posted it in GD. He also called out his own paper, the L.A. Times, for tolerating this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8848670