GOP Lawmakers Demand Answers on Lack of Arrests of Protesters Outside Supreme Court Justices’ Homes
Two congressional Republicans demanded answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its failures to arrest protesters outside the homes of Supreme Court justices.
An unprecedented breach of Supreme Court secrecy in June 2022 revealed that the high court was poised to overturn the constitutionally protected right to an abortion. Following this breach, many mounted protests outside the homes of conservative justices.
Section 1507 of the U.S. Code prohibits the picketing of justices or other federal judges to change the outcome of a legal case. But when demonstrators showed up at the homes of conservative justices over the leaked draft version of the opinion, U.S. Marshals made few arrests in connection with the statute….