BRIANNA KEILAR: Are you worried- and this may be a separate issue- that that kind of thing could actually have a chilling effect on judges, on people involved in the legal process, or do you think they just tune it out?
JUDGE LADORIS HAZZARD CORDELL (RET.): Brianna, you have really hit the major issue. I believe -- let me put it this way. Imagine what the U.S. Supreme Court justices would think if they were inclined to affirm the Colorado Supreme Court's decision. I’ll tell you what they think. They’d think, good Lord, threats and violence against me are going to ramp up. So why put myself and my family in harm's way, even if it's the right thing to do and even if it's the constitutional thing to do? So when that happens, when it's no longer fear of God but fear of mob, when judges’ fears trumps their oath to the Constitution, our judiciary and our democracy, it just -- it's almost on its deathbed. So, yes, in fact, these threats of violence -- these are human beings in black robes. These threats of violence absolutely go to the core of their very being. And of course, they're going to react to it. They are not just going to slough it off and say, no big deal. And this is happening to judges on the federal courts, but all throughout the country on the state courts as well. That's my concern.