SCOTUS will review obstruction of an official proceeding case (Jan 6 related)

Twitter/X ^ | Dec 13 | Julie Kelly

[Jeff Chandler]

Pelosi's father was reputed to be connected to Benjamin Magliano, who was allegedly a member of the Baltimore faction of the Gambino Crime Family. The Gambinos were Sicilian Mafia.

[Regulator]

But the D’alesandro family were not from Sicily and were more connected to Calabria, thus the conjecture that the Baltimore Crew was actually Calabrian and simply allied with the Gambino organization.

Maybe you can ask them.

[nicollo]

The worst part of the Jan 6 prosecutions is their arbitrary nature. Still, the Vagueness Doctrine might apply, although the DC circuit court upheld a similarly vague and arbitrarily enforced law in Agnew v. Government of the District of Columbia.

Here for the geniuses at the Harvard Law Review who oppose that decision bc, well, it’s raaaacist: https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1766-1773_Online.pdf

Ya think the authors would see any application to Jan 6? Doubtful, as they see only the tips of their own noses, but the same logic should apply.

[gloryblaze]

The worst part of the Jan 6 prosecutions is their arbitrary nature....

For sure, but that is part and parcel of the application of the law as (vaguely) written. Either side can plead for "common sense" application. It becomes a question of whose common sense.

Thanks for the link.