I think you're really reaching to compare this assassination attempt on Rushdie with the Kavanaugh one. The fatwa was decades ago, but as recently as 2016 organ

I think you're really reaching to compare this assassination attempt on Rushdie with the Kavanaugh one. The fatwa was decades ago, but as recently as 2016 organizations within Iran raised another $600k to top-up the multi-million dollar bounty on his life.