Merrick Garland says threats against Supreme Court justices are taken 'extraordinarily seriously'

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday that the Justice Department takes threats against Supreme Court justices “extraordinarily seriously” as he voiced support for a bill that extends security protections to justices’ immediate family members.

Garland reiterated that justices now receive “24-7 protection,” including at their residences, and he said he’s met with the Marshal of the Supreme Court, the FBI and others, “to be sure that we were assessing all possible threats and providing all resources available.”

The safety of Supreme Court justices has been in the spotlight following the leak of a draft majority opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973