“In the 24 hours since the Colorado Supreme Court kicked former President Donald Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot, social media outlets have been flooded with threats against the justices who ruled in the case,” NBC News reports.

Since then the threats have regrettably simply increased. There are judges and lawyers who disagree with the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court. There are judges and lawyers in Canada who may well be bewildered by what is happening in the United States. But all of us need to unite. The threats to the Colorado Supreme Court Justices are unacceptable. Now is not the time to remain silent.

“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”

—Martin Niemöller