[Poohbah]

Yeah. Amazing thing: in most states I've heard of, it's called "communicating a terrorist threat."

That may be where the statement about the guy being a "terrorist" came from, not the USA Patriot Act.

[OWK]

Yeah. Amazing thing: in most states I've heard of, it's called "communicating a terrorist threat."

And strangely enough, it was already called assault (which was already against the law).

Or is there something special about a judge, that makes it necessary to differentiate him from the "commoners", by having a special class of crime for assaulting them?