Chief justice: Judges’ safety ‘essential’ to court system


              FILE - Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
            
              FILE - U.S. Marshals patrol outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after a man carrying a gun, knife and zip ties was arrested near the house after threatening to kill the justice, in Chevy Chase, Md., June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
            
              FILE - Only white students enter Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., on Sept. 5, 1957. The school was under integration orders from U.S. District Judge Ronald N. Davies. The day before nine Black students were refused admittance to the school by Arkansas National Guardsmen. The military men were ordered by Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus to surround the school and prevent Black students from entering the grounds. (AP Photo/William P Straeter, File)
            
              FILE - Ronald N. Davies, who in September 1957 ordered the integration of Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas, is seen on Sept. 7, 1957. Davies' decision followed the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling that segregated schools were unconstitutional and rejected Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus' attempt to stop school integration. (AP Photo, File)
            
              FILE - Protesters fill the street in front of the Supreme Court after the court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Washington, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
            
              FILE - Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Chief justice: Judges’ safety ‘essential’ to court system