Bomb threat rattles this Conservative Supreme Court Justice
The Left’s attack on the Supreme Court is relentless. Now they’re stooping to violence.
And a bomb threat rattled this Conservative Supreme Court Justice.
Hoax Bomb Threat Targets Barrett’s Sister
A chilling incident unfolded last weekend in Charleston, South Carolina, when police revealed on Wednesday that Amanda Coney Williams, sister of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, was the target of a hoax bomb threat. The unsettling episode has thrust judicial safety back into the spotlight.
The scare began Saturday when a Charleston County Sheriff’s Department employee received a politically charged email claiming a “potential explosive device” lurked in Williams’s mailbox.
The message, laced with anti-Israel rhetoric, read: “Using a 1×8-inch threaded galvanized pipe, end caps, a kitchen timer, some wires, metal clips and homemade black powder, I’ve constructed a pipe bomb which I recently placed in Amy Coney Barrett’s sister’s mailbox at her home. The device’s detonation will be triggered as soon as the mailbox is next opened. Free Palestine!” It wasn’t until Monday morning that the employee spotted the email, prompting an immediate police response.
A False Alarm, But Lingering Questions
Authorities rushed to Williams’s home and cautiously opened the mailbox, only to find the threat was a fabrication—no bomb, no danger. News reports confirmed the all-clear, but the incident didn’t end there.
David Williams, Amanda’s husband, told investigators that around the same time the email arrived, someone tried sending unsolicited pizza deliveries to multiple households tied to Justice Barrett. Police haven’t confirmed a link between the pizzas and the threat, but the investigation is ongoing.
The odd pizza deliveries echo a broader trend. Reuters recently noted that several federal judges in the Washington, D.C., area have received similar anonymous drop-offs at their homes, a tactic law enforcement views as intimidation. For the Barrett family, it’s an unsettling layer to an already bizarre weekend.
Judicial Safety in the Crosshairs
This hoax comes amid rising concerns about the physical safety of judges and their loved ones, a topic Chief Justice John Roberts tackled in his latest year-end report. He highlighted the growing risk of politically motivated violence, often fueled by doxxing—exposing personal details to incite harassment.
The threat against Williams fits this troubling pattern, amplifying fears about the vulnerability of those connected to the judiciary.
Justice Barrett herself has been no stranger to scrutiny since her 2020 appointment by President Donald Trump. Earlier this month, she drew conservative ire after voting with Chief Justice Roberts and the Court’s liberal trio to reject Trump’s bid to freeze $2 billion in foreign aid.
The 5-4 ruling left the Court’s other conservative justices in dissent, sparking criticism from some Trump loyalists who’d celebrated her role in landmark rulings like the 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Defending Barrett’s Record
Despite the backlash, prominent legal conservatives leapt to Barrett’s defense. Leonard Leo, co-chairman of the Federalist Society and a key figure in Trump’s judicial picks, told CNN, “She’s been in the vanguard of conservative jurisprudence on abortion, racial preferences, the administrative state, religious freedom, Trump immunity, guns and the Second Amendment.”
He framed the foreign aid dispute as a “procedural” split, adding, “Those things happen quite often among conservative justices.”
Leo’s influence helped shape Trump’s first-term Supreme Court lineup—Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett—paving the way for seismic shifts like Dobbs. The hoax against Barrett’s sister, though, highlights a darker side of that legacy: the personal risks tied to high-stakes rulings.
