Political Violence and Judicial Safety
The narrative surrounding Brett Kavanaugh consistently highlights the threats and political violence he faces as a Supreme Court justice, particularly in the wake of assassination attempts. This theme persists due to the increasing polarization in American politics and the media's focus on the implications of such violence for judicial safety and independence. Media framing often emphasizes the scandalous nature of these threats while also exploring the broader societal issues at play.
Coverage Over Time
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Framing Breakdown
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Quotes from Coverage
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Host / other voice“the would-be assassin traveled across the country from California, heavily armed, to carry out the killing, which was explicitly motivated by opposition to SCOTUS jurisprudence on issues including abortion.”
Host / other voice“He was one of the most vocal antagonists against Brett Kavanaugh. He had a quote, and we can pull it up, where he said, if everyone's coming out and pointing it in the same direction, there's a pattern. He was really trying to imply that Brett Kavanaugh must be guilty because all these women are coming out of the woodwork.”
Host / other voice“I even remember with Brett Kavanaugh, like, I really thought, and all that stuff was BS Nat. All that stuff they came up with against Brett Kavanaugh was completely orchestrated and manufactured and didn't have any legs, and they ran with it.”
Host / other voice“when you're dealing with daily threats every day at your home, your wife, your husband, your children are facing these, that's a really long time period to go through when you know your colleagues could have done it much more quickly.”
Host / other voice“the lives of the majority, the conservatives, were actually in jeopardy. And we found out the hard way that was true with the guy who tried to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh and said he wanted to kill three of them.”
Host / other voice“Nicholas Roski, who tried to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022, listen now, now identifies as, go ahead, take a stab at it. As a transgender woman now identifies as a, do you know that?”
Brett Kavanaugh“As for the stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear to the immigration officers that they are U.S. citizens or otherwise legally in the United States.”
Host / other voice“Roski only stops his plan after he arrives at Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house. There are U.S. Marshals stationed outside so Roski's plan is thwarted and instead he takes off again and eventually calls 911 turns himself in.”
Host / other voice“The government sometimes makes brief investigative stops. And quote, if the officers learn that the individual they stopped as a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go.”
Host / other voice“you have candidate and former president, Donald Trump, two assassination attempts on his life that failed, fortunately. Go back to Senator Chuck Schumer in front of the United States Supreme Court threatening Brett Kavanaugh, the whirlwind you're going to release because you give back to the people the right to decide on abortion issues. And then a few weeks later, someone travels from California with a gun, sits outside of the home and Justice Brett Kavanaugh to kill him.”
Host / other voice“This is very different than... saying the whirlwind's going to come and get you and there's nothing you can do about it. And then people are actually trying to kill Brett Kavanaugh and his family.”
Host / other voice“Nicholas Roski, who apparently at the time identified as a woman, had kind of was going under the radar, but on some online forums was referring to himself as a transgender woman.”
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27 weeks · 160 episodesBrett Kavanaugh was mentioned in the context of the backlash against the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The host referenced an incident where a man attempted to assassinate Brett Kavanaugh and other justices, suggesting that the media quickly moved on from the story. The discussion framed Brett Kavanaugh's situation within a broader narrative about the Democrats' reaction to abortion rights and their alleged extremism on the issue.
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