Live updates: Supreme Court arguments on January 6 rioters case
Live updates: Supreme Court arguments on January 6 rioters case
The Supreme Court will consider whether part of a federal obstruction law can be used to prosecute some of the rioters involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
The Supreme Court will consider whether part of a federal obstruction law can be used to prosecute some of the rioters involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
So in other words, we should show up, swarm over the building, force them to flee for their lives, and spread literal shit on the inside walls, during oral argument. And that would not be "obstruction of an official proceeding".
Do I understand you correctly, Mr. Roberts?
A decision against the government could reopen some 350 cases in which defendants have been charged with “obstructing” an official proceeding by pushing their way into the Capitol in 2021. The charge can tack up to 20 years onto a prison sentence.
SCOTUS should be careful. Otherwise the next violent mob might be coming for them.