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Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the criminal case against Trump, has received dozens of threats in recent days, police sources told ABC News The New York City judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump has received dozens of threats in recent days, police sources told ABC News. Trump himself had lashed out at Judge Juan Merchan, calling him "Trump hating." Merchan previously oversaw the tax fraud trial of the Trump Organization that ended in a conviction. There was no immediate comment from the Office of Court Administration on Merchan's security. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Judge Juan Merchan at his office in New York County Criminal Court on Oct. 21, 2022. Ahmed Gaber/The New York Times, FILE Source: https://thefoxposts.com/judge-in-trump-s-criminal-case-has-received-dozens-of-threats-police-sources-say-TheFOXposts-17654.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campai...

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide when threats made on social media can be prosecuted as crimes under the First Amendment. A convicted stalker from Colorado is asking the Supreme Court this week to toss out the law that put him in prison for sending hundreds of messages on social media to a singer-songwriter who felt threatened by the contact. Billy Raymond Counterman, who spent four and a half years behind bars, says he never intended to harm rising-star performer Coles Whalen, whom he'd never met, and that the First Amendment protects his ability to communicate with a public figure. Whalen said she feared for her life and that the years of incessant messages from Counterman on Facebook inflicted significant emotional distress and sent her into hiding. She no longer performs openly in public. A Supreme Court case pitting a singer songwriter against a convicted stalker could clarify when threats made on social media become crimes. ABC News "It's very unfortunate that ano...