Charlie Kirk’s assassination has reignited worries about judges’ security.

A sharp rise in threats against the judiciary has made concern over political violence a constant drumbeat, from state courts to the Supreme Court.

But the fatal shooting of the prominent conservative activist has injected a new urgency into the conversation.

“I think it is a sign of a culture that has, where political discourse has soured beyond control and something that we need to really pull back,” Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt Monday.

Most immediately, Kirk’s assassination has added a layer the ongoing funding battle in Congress as a Sept. 30 deadline approaches.

House Republicans unveiled the text of a stopgap package Tuesday to keep the government funded

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