Posted on 06/28/2024 8:10:07 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a former Pennsylvania police officer who was charged with obstructing an official proceeding after he entered the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, and narrowed the Justice Department's use of a federal obstruction statute leveled against scores of people who breached the building where Congress had convened to count state electoral votes.
The court ruled 6-3 in finding that to prove a violation of the obstruction law, the government must show that the defendant impaired the availability or integrity of records, documents or other objects used in an official proceeding. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined five conservatives in the majority, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the two other liberals.
The Supreme Court's decision could affect the ongoing prosecutions of nearly 250 defendants charged with obstruction for their participation in the Jan. 6 assault. It could also upend cases that have already been adjudicated, since those who were convicted of violating the obstruction statute or pleaded guilty could seek resentencing, withdraw their pleas or ask for new trials. There are 52 cases in which a defendant was convicted and sentenced on charges where the obstruction count was the sole felony, and of those, 27 are currently incarcerated, according to the Justice Department.
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“while Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the two other liberals.”
Jeez!!!
NICE!!!!
now all J6 defendants need to sue for billions!!!!!!!!
“Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined five conservatives in the majority, while Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the two other liberals.”
Hm.
What does the last paragraph mean??? Smith is toast?
There’s an A + B to that law. The Dems have been using “B” all by itself.
My interpretation: it means they can go for damages. It also underlines the malicious prosecutions done by DOJ. It will probably gut punch Jack Smith’s DC case.
Thanks
Four women on the court. Not one intellectual. Amy is as much of a weenie as David Souter, a trampler on the graves at Arlington.
Coney-Barett is a deep state disaster.
Deep State.
When you’re to the left of Kentaji...
She is a huge disappointment, I think she has bonded with the girls on the court and tossed out all common sense.
How the holy bleep does Barrett decide like that??
AMERICANS are having a good day today. U.S.A.! U.S.A! U.S.A.!
The legal system is about Judges, not law. Biased liberal judges will give you injustice, not justice.
Conehead Barrett the statist feminist strikes again.
The court majority ruled that the “obstruction of an official proceeding” meant what anyne with a grain of sense could see.
Yet multiple federal judges sentenced defendant to prison based on the Biden DoJ’s “novel” interpretation. ppellate courts upheld the ridiculous convictions while people rotted in jail, paid fines, and were bankrupted by legal defense costs. When/how will these judges be held to account? They are immune from civil liability.
Will they footdrag the review of the cases affected by the decision to keep defenants in jail even longer, just to further abuse them?
Too many lunches and mimosas with the liberal ladies.
Biden is non-stop obstructionist.
now all J6 defendants need to sue for billions!!!!!!!!
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