mark francis
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The Democrat two-tiered system of justice perversion is attracting the attention of SCOTUS justices who clearly see the injustice of current Democrat prosecutions of rioters that has been much more severe and involves the utilization of laws specially interpreted against non-Democrats but rarely ever against Democrats.
Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s arguments over obstruction charge used against January 6 rioters | CNN Politics 4-16-24
Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s arguments over obstruction charge used against January 6 rioters
Conservatives ask about left-wing protests
There was a heavy dose of “whataboutism” from the conservative justices, who repeatedly brought up left-wing protests while pressing both sides about exactly which conduct they believed would – and wouldn’t – be covered by the felony obstruction law.
Justice Neil Gorsuch posed several hypotheticals to Prelogar, asking if prosecutors could use the law to charge someone who participated in a sit-in that disrupted a trial “at a federal courthouse” or who was caught “pulling a fire alarm before a vote” in Congress.
He didn’t mention Rep. Jamaal Bowman by name, but the allusion to the New York Democrat was clear: He pulled the fire alarm shortly before a critical vote on a government funding bill in September. Bowman later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense and was censured by the House.
Justice Samuel Alito brought up the disruptions at the Golden Gate Bridge that occurred Monday. Pro-Palestinian protesters, angry about Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, blocked rush-hour traffic, leading to more than 30 arrests.
“What if something similar to that happened all around the Capitol so that … all the bridges from Virginia were blocked and members from Virginia who needed to appear at a hearing couldn’t get there, or were delayed in getting there?” Alito asked. “Would that be a violation of this provision?”
Prelogar differentiated those cases by pointing out that January 6 was a far more aggressive and multi-pronged assault, with direct aims to shut down a specific proceeding. She said many of the January 6 rioters violently breached multiple police lines, brought tactical gear and weapons, and made explicit threats before arriving in DC.
