American Bar Association ‘Deeply Troubled’ by Schumer’s Threats, Personal Attacks Inappropriate

In a statement released yesterday by the American Bar Association, they call personal attacks on judges inappropriate and state that the ABA is deeply troubled by Senator Schumer’s (D-NY) statement, the full statement can be seen below.

“The American Bar Association is deeply troubled by today’s statements from the Senate Minority Leader threatening two sitting justices of the U.S. Supreme Court over their upcoming votes in a pending case. Whatever one thinks about the merits of an issue before a court, there is no place for threats — whether real or allegorical.

Personal attacks on judges by any elected officials, including the President, are simply inappropriate. Such comments challenge the reputation of the third, co-equal branch of our government; the independence of the judiciary; and the personal safety of judicial officers. They are never acceptable.” 

Schumer’s reckless statement has come back to haunt him, with many calling for him to retract his statement and apologize. Instead of apologizing, Schumer has responded by excusing his words with “I’m from Brooklyn, we speak in strong language” and he would “never never do such a thing” as to make a threat, as you can see in the tweet below. However, some politicians have pointed out that using language as he did can lead other individuals to act on his words. This can be likened to when an apparent Bernie Sander’s fanatics shot House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and others in 2017 at a Congressional baseball game practice because of polarizing rhetoric.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issues half hearted apology for threats to Judge Gorsuch and Judge Kavanaugh. WATCH: pic.twitter.com/gkzenVYUr2

— Media Right News (@MediaRightNews1) March 5, 2020

As we reported earlier Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) will move to censure Schumer for his remarks as you can see in his tweet below.

I would call on Schumer to apologize, but we all know he has no shame. So tomorrow I will introduce a motion to censure Schumer for his pathetic attempt at intimidation of #SupremeCourt

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 5, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senator Grassley (R-IA) have also come out publicly and called on Schumer to apologize. McConnell gave a speech this morning on the Senate floor rebuking Schumer’s comments.