(The Center Square) – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Corey Booker, D-N.J., fiercely sparred over protections for Supreme Court justices in the midst of an uptick of threats against the justices based on controversial decisions.

The senators faced off in joint hearings of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittees on the Constitution and on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights.

Senators held the joint hearing to discuss the recent uptick in nationwide injunctions issued by federal judges against President Donald Trump's actions and associated protections for those justices.

Cruz referred to incidents in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, sending the issue of abortion rights back to the states, when protestors demonstrat

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