Agression toward the Judicial branch of government is still prevalent, and one deranged non-fan targeted several Supreme Court justices.

The Department of Justice detained a man from Alaska on Wednesday on suspicion of threatening to kill six Supreme Court justices, as Fox News reported.

According to the indictment, Panos Anastasiou allegedly sent 465 messages to the justices via the Supreme Court's website from March 2023 to July 2024.

Threats of Violence

The messages in question included "violent, racist, and homophobic rhetoric coupled with threats of assassination via torture, hanging, and firearms."

Some of Anastasiou’s threats were intended to intimidate the justices and “retaliate against them for official actions,” the indictment alleges.

“We allege that the defendant made repeated, heinous threats to murder and torture Supreme Court Justices and their families to retaliate against them for decisions he disagreed with,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in a statement Thursday.

“Our justice system depends on the ability of judges to make their decisions based on the law, and not on fear. Our democracy depends on the ability of public officials to do their jobs without fearing for their lives or the safety of their families.”

Message Details

According to court papers, he allegedly called for "mass assassinations" and "torture" in his messages. He boasted in one chat that he would "no reservations" about shooting a Supreme Court justice in the head.

“I’d like to see [Former President 1 and Supreme Court Justice 1] hanging together from an Oak tree,” one message stated.

According to the indictment, Anastasiou wrote messages that contained threats against members of the justices' families.

“The defendant has a history of threatening public officials, similar threats sent to the governor of another state,” the government wrote in the filing. “It is notable that the defendant increased his violent rhetoric even after the FBI visited him at his home.”

Another Attack

Elsewhere in the United States one judge was cut down During an altercation in a remote Kentucky courthouse on Thursday.

According to a Daily Caller report, a state judge was allegedly shot and murdered by a sheriff.

Sheriff Shawn M. Stines of Letcher County said that District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was shot in the head and died in his chambers.

Preliminary findings indicate that Stines shot Mullins multiple times during an altercation that occurred within the courtroom.There is still an ongoing investigation into the specific reasons and circumstances that led up to the confrontation.