Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
I
don’t
think
being
a
federal
judge
is
a
job
for
the
fainthearted…
What
I
probably
did
not
expect
to
quite
this
degree
is
the
level
of
vitriol
and
the
types
of
violent
threats
that
have
come
across
my
desk
over
the
years.
Here’s
one
that
resulted
in
an
indictment
against
the
person
who
sent
the
message:
‘You’re
dead,
or
I’ll
put
a
bullet
in
your
head
in
the
middle
of
your
kitchen
without
you
seeing
it
coming,
or
expecting
it.
Casket
coming
soon.
Don’t
go
home.
You’ll
never
know
when
I’ll
pop
up.
I’ll
guarantee,
I
will
kill
you.
Think
I’m
playing?
Casket
dreams,
sweetheart.‘
— Chief
Judge
Dolly
M.
Gee of
the
Central
District
of
California, the
first
Chinese
American
woman
to
serve
as
an
Article
III
judge,
in
comments
given
during
a
panel
hosted
by Speak
Up
for
Justice,
a
nonpartisan
organization
dedicated
to
the
defense
of
the
rule
of
law
and
judicial
independence.
During
the
panel,
Judges
Gee,
Ana
Reyes
(D.D.C.),
Michelle
Williams
Court
(C.D.
Cal.),
and
Mark
S.
Norris
(W.D.
Tenn.)
went
on
the
record
to
describe
the
death
threats,
doxing,
and
intimidation
they’ve
faced
on
the
bench.
Watch
their
discussion,
below.
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