Professor Mary Graw Leary of Catholic Law was recently featured in an article by OSV News Wire, which explored the growing threats faced by members of the judiciary and their families. To read the full article, click here.

OSV News Wire 
Story by Kate Scanlon 
Date: March 21, 2025
Heightened threat environment for judiciary raises concerns

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The sister of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett was recently targeted with a bomb threat, law enforcement officials said, shedding light on growing concern about threats to members of the judiciary and their families.

Mary Graw Leary, a professor at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and a former federal prosecutor, told OSV News “the judiciary is specifically designed not to be political and specifically designed to be independent, and is often the last check on the other two branches of government.”

“So there’s an added dimension when someone is trying to get a court to do something not based on the facts and evidence in front of them, which is their job, but based on something else, is a particular concern when it’s the judiciary because that is often the last backstop,” she said.

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