Posted on 05/11/2025 2:24:42 PM PDT by dennisw
Judges in several states say they have faced threats and intimidation tactics associated with pizza deliveries.
Federal judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries to jurists’ homes that began in February may number in the hundreds across at least seven states, prompting increased security concerns and a demand from a Senate leader for a Justice Department investigation.
Many of the deliveries have gone to judges presiding over lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s policies. The U.S. Marshals Service has been tracking the deliveries, and judges have been sharing details about their experiences in hopes of finding out more about what they call an ongoing attempt at intimidating the judiciary.
Some of the pizza deliveries have gone to judges’ relatives. In recent weeks, orders have been placed in the name of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas’s son, Daniel Anderl, who was fatally shot at the family home in New Jersey in 2020 by an attorney who posed as a delivery person.
In an interview with The Washington Post, U.S. Circuit Judge J. Michelle Childs, who serves in Washington, said she has received seven anonymous pizza deliveries at her home in the past few months — one shortly after she took part in a ruling against the Trump administration
“It’s really an unnecessary and an unfortunate threat to our security when we’re trying to be judicial officers in a very neutral position with respect to our cases,” she said. “You need a strong judiciary for the system to work.
Childs and Salas said that they and other judges have discussed the deliveries with the marshals, relaying information to them each time a pizza arrives at the door. Childs serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Salas serves on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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they probably contacted some one who contacted some one else to set up the “unsolicited pizza deliveries” so the judges can make it look like they are being targeted for harassment. I would bet a democrat is involved behind the scenes.
Yeah, because a pimply adolescent is every bit as intimidating as a SWAT squad kicking in your door.
Crimea river stooges.
Sending someone a pizza is now a crime LOL LOL..maybe those judges are ordering children for sex and calling it pizza deliveries
Judges should just puke on the pizza and have delivery person return to sender.
BTW, I have detested pizza since the first time I saw one when I was 14.
BS article. Makes it seem like it’s all one sided when it’s actually just anarchists doing the anarchy thing.
Heavy sigh....
Crybabies.
Seems to me TRO’s against the offending pizza parlors are in order.
The clowns in robes have not been shy about throwing those around.
Any judge who might be intimidated by an unwanted pizza delivery ought to resign. The job is not for sissies.
Most grand juries would find ‘probably cause’ to support indictment if Anchovies were included on the pizza toppings.
Better than great big fire crackers....
I don’t think I have ever been intimidated by a pizza, but if I were, it would probably be a Chicago deep dish pizza.
At least they aren’t being swatted.
Trump could get away with this. His father sent him to military school for being a prankster.
I think it’s harder than hell to intimidate morons as retarded as they are.
Yup—the pizza has a double meaning for sure....
Pizza places that deliver should require full payment in advance with a valid credit / debit card. That should cut down on this silly crap.
Now, if only “S.W.A.T.ting” had a simple solution.
These judges go big.
TRO on all pizza everywhere in the country—total ban!
I wonder if this has something to do with pizzagate?
Hacker steals credit card information—then orders pizza.
Lol.
I second that.
What is wrong with this picture?!
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