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applegrove

(118,711 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2024, 06:25 PM Apr 16

Justices Cast Doubt on Capitol Rioter Obstruction Charges

Justices Cast Doubt on Capitol Rioter Obstruction Charges

April 16, 2024 at 1:38 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 145 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/16/justices-cast-doubt-on-obstruction-charges-against-rioters/

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“The Supreme Court cast doubt Tuesday on the legality of obstruction charges lodged against some 300 rioters arrested for breaking into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,” the Los Angeles Times reports.

“The court’s conservatives questioned whether the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which was aimed at corporate accounting fraud, can be used more broadly to prosecute those who obstruct ‘any official proceeding,’ including Congress’ 2021 certification of President Biden’s election victory.”

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Justices Cast Doubt on Capitol Rioter Obstruction Charges (Original Post) applegrove Apr 16 OP
I wonder how they feel if they went into the Supreme Court building and trashed it like they did the capitol? kimbutgar Apr 16 #1
...while calling out the names of the justices thucythucy Apr 16 #2
So any in jail or waiting to be tried can go free. Not much of a democracy. Autumn Apr 16 #3

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1. I wonder how they feel if they went into the Supreme Court building and trashed it like they did the capitol?
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