Exclusive: Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is requesting Lawyer Typical Merrick Garland come ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee for a hearing Tuesday to go over the Supreme Court’s final decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

WHD News obtained a letter Cruz, R-Texas, despatched to committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Sick., requesting that Garland appear before the panel to "depth the steps the Department of Justice is using to guard our Supreme Court Justices in the wake of an unparalleled harassment and intimidation campaign." 

Cruz referred to 18 U.S.C. 1507, which criminalizes any endeavor to affect a choose in the workout of his or her responsibilities by picketing them at their home—a regulation passed in get to allow for judges the "freedom to training their judicial ability free of charge from exterior influence or intimidation."

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is requesting Attorney Typical Merrick Garland arrive ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday for a listening to to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Greg Nash/Pool by means of WHD)

Cruz also cites Report III of the U.S. Structure, which assures judicial independence by granting judges existence tenure and income safety to ensure they are not influenced by just about anything other than the law and specifics in the situation ahead of them.

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"However, in spite of distinct proof that federal legislation was violated by mobs of protesters at the Justices’ homes, the head of the Section of Justice, and chief law enforcement officer of the United States, flatly refused to enforce federal law," Cruz wrote.

Cruz observed that various times ago, the Supreme Courtroom Marshal asked Maryland and Virginia officials to "enforce rules that prohibit picketing outside the homes of the Justices who live in the two states."

Attorney Typical Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice on Jan. 5, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Carolyn Kaster-Pool/Getty Illustrations or photos)

"Even further, the governors of Virginia and Maryland named on Lawyer Common Garland to ‘enforce the law as it is written,’" Cruz wrote.

"Attorney Typical Garland, on the other hand, has disregarded this kind of phone calls, accomplishing so with in close proximity to-tragic effects," Cruz additional.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confronted with a demise risk. Nicholas Roske, 26, was arrested and charged following he allegedly intended to carry out a murder-suicide plot towards Kavanaugh at his Maryland residence.

"Intimidation attempts have also happened at the residences of Justice Alito, Justice Thomas, Justice Barrett and Main Justice John Roberts," Cruz noted. "In reaction to these threats, Legal professional Normal Garland just said, ‘The Justice Department will not tolerate violence or threats of violence against judges or any other public servants at perform, property or any other location.’"

Cruz extra: "Lawyer General Garland’s refusal to act, however, phone calls into problem the sincerity of this assertion."

Pro-everyday living protesters exterior the Supreme Court. (WHD Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

In a shot at the attorney basic, Cruz explained he was "fast to condemn dad and mom who attended university board meetings to protest radical insurance policies pushed by some board customers."

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"Nonetheless he has revealed tiny urgency to safeguard Supreme Court Justices inspite of phone calls from the Supreme Courtroom Marshal and a number of governors to do so," Cruz wrote. "Legal professional Standard Garland must be questioned, below oath, why he refused to act in this occasion, as well as detail his options to uphold judicial independence and the rule of legislation in the face of long run such intimidation campaigns."

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Congress passed a bill that would deliver safety protection to Supreme Courtroom justices and their families, and President Joe Biden signed that evaluate into regulation past thirty day period--right before the Supreme Court docket introduced its selection to overturn Roe v. Wade. 

The ruling, announced past thirty day period, returns the situation of abortion to the states. President Biden has referred to as on Congress to codify protections less than Roe v. Wade into federal law.

DOJ and Durbin did not right away answer to WHD News' request for comment on Cruz's ask for.