By Bob Walsh
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
The United States Marshall's Service arrested a man Wednesday who confessed that he was there to murder Kavanaugh to keep Roe from
being overturned. He was armed with a pistol, a knife and various other
accoutrements. He was from CA and traveled east to accomplish his
task.
As an interesting historical aside, back in 1889 SCOTUS
justice Stephen Field was in Lathrop CA (at the train station, having
lunch) when he was attacked by David Terry, who had been a CA Supreme
Court justice and had threatened Field. Terry was shot to death by U.
S. Marshal David Neagle, who was promptly arrested by the local S O.
This was the federal case, in re: Neagle, that established the primacy
of federal law over local law. This is one of the two significant
things that ever happened in Lathrop, CA.
The
second was that, contrary to what the history books say, the
transcontinental railroad was completed in Lathrop in 1912. The history
books say that it was completed in Promontory, Utah decades earlier.
However, that railroad ended in Oakland. An elementary knowledge of CA
geography will tell you that Oakland is NOT on the coast but is on S. F.
Bay. The final spike was actually driven into a railroad bridge over
the San Joaquin River which allowed train traffic to actually go thru to
San Francisco. That is about two miles from the prison where I used to
work.
You are welcome.
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