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Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Using Obstruction Law to Charge Jan. 6 Rioters
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:45 am
Posted on 4/16/24 at 11:45 am
NYT
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The Supreme Court seemed wary on Tuesday of letting prosecutors use a federal obstruction law to charge hundreds of rioters involved in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Justice Clarence Thomas, who returned to the bench after an unexplained absence on Monday, asked whether the government was engaging in a kind of selective prosecution. “There have been many violent protests that have interfered with proceedings,” he said. “Has the government applied this provision to other protests?”
Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch asked questions along similar lines.
But the justices mostly considered whether a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, enacted in the wake of the collapse of the energy giant Enron, covers the conduct of a former police officer, Joseph W. Fischer, who participated in the Capitol assault, on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:05 pm to WPBTiger
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But the justices mostly considered whether a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, enacted in the wake of the collapse of the energy giant Enron, covers the conduct of a former police officer, Joseph W. Fischer, who participated in the Capitol assault, on Jan. 6, 2021.
Charging a Jan6 protestor with a SOX violation is peak circus world.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:10 pm to WPBTiger
5-4 seems the minimum on the questions asked during the arguments, maybe 6-3. Best case 7-2 with how two of the liberal justices seemed to have various issues with the broad overreach of the sub-statute...
Regardless it seems that it didn't go that well for the government case in oral arguements
It was more interesting when I think Alito or Gorsuch asked if what constitutes interrupting an official proceeding and if that includes pulling a fire alarm during a vote...
Regardless it seems that it didn't go that well for the government case in oral arguements
It was more interesting when I think Alito or Gorsuch asked if what constitutes interrupting an official proceeding and if that includes pulling a fire alarm during a vote...
This post was edited on 4/16/24 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:14 pm to WPBTiger
Heck, criminal prosecutors are now using the RICO Act to go after small business. Prosecutors can be real creative and love to go fishing, especially for the big fish.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:31 pm to TigerFanatic99
quote:Remember this the next time some congressman says "this law will only affect a small number of people".
Charging a Jan6 protestor with a SOX violation is peak circus world.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:35 pm to WPBTiger
That's fro the NYT.
A poster earlier told me that we should automatically assume that the NYT is lying about whatever it prints.
I'm sure he forgot to be specific and say that we should automatically assume the NYT is lying when it prints something we don't like and believe it without question when it prints something we do like, but all I have to go by so far is his general statement.
A poster earlier told me that we should automatically assume that the NYT is lying about whatever it prints.
I'm sure he forgot to be specific and say that we should automatically assume the NYT is lying when it prints something we don't like and believe it without question when it prints something we do like, but all I have to go by so far is his general statement.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:38 pm to WPBTiger
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“There have been many violent protests that have interfered with proceedings,” he said. “Has the government applied this provision to other protests?”
Uh oh. Time for SFP to spaz out with cries of whataboutism.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:39 pm to WPBTiger
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“Has the government applied this provision to other protests?”
Referencing "The Summer of Love" possibly?
Posted on 4/16/24 at 12:43 pm to wackatimesthree
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wackatimesthree
frick off already.
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