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This is another case of the DOJ's "double standard' regarding enforcement of US Law. Remember this when the tables are turned.
Pro-choice activists marched in front of the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Wednesday evening just hours after a man was charged with threatening to kill him.
But protests directed at members of the judiciary are subject to another layer of federal oversight. A federal statute prohibits “picketing or parading” with the “intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing any judge, juror, witness, or court officer, in the discharge of his duty.” Violation of this law can lead to a fine or imprisonment for less than a year, or both. The Department of Justice has been mute on the question of whether the protests outside of the Montgomery County homes of Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Kavanaugh amount to “obstruction of justice,” according to the New York Post.
FREE SPEECH CAN BE EXERCISED IN FRONT OF THE USSC, behind the fence.
Pro-choice activists marched in front of the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Wednesday evening just hours after a man was charged with threatening to kill him.
Should the public be allowed to protest outside of Supreme Court Justices’s homes?
Protests in "public forums" directed at the judiciary can be complicated by federal laws. Northeastern University experts break it down.
news.northeastern.edu
FREE SPEECH CAN BE EXERCISED IN FRONT OF THE USSC, behind the fence.