The Supreme Justices' homes are being picketed...too fucking bad!!

[BigmanPigman]

"Supreme Court called on officials in Maryland and Virginia to "enforce" state and local laws that, she wrote, "prohibit picketing outside of the homes of Supreme Court Justices."

"For weeks on end, large groups of protesters chanting slogans, using bullhorns, and banging drums have picketed Justices' homes in Virginia," Marshal Gail Curley wrote to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. "This is exactly the kind of conduct that Virginia law prohibits."

"Law enforcement, both federal and local, has been present at the justices' homes since the protests began. But the governors of Virginia and Maryland have previously said that responsibility for managing the protests belongs to federal law enforcement. Afterward, at Garland's direction, the U.S. Marshals Service "accelerated the provision of around-the-clock security" at the justices' homes, according to the Department of Justice. Still, the protests have continued, intensifying in recent days after the court's conservative majority handed down a series of major decisions that aligned with Republican political preferences on abortion, gun control and the government's ability to address climate change."

"On Saturday, a spokesperson for Maryland Gov. Hogan suggested there were First Amendment concerns with the provisions cited by the marshal, and he criticized what he described as the "continued refusal by multiple federal entities to act" on the protests. L"Had the marshal taken the time to explore the matter, she would have learned that the constitutionality of the statute cited in her letter has been questioned by the Maryland Attorney General's Office," wrote Michael Ricci in his response to Curley."

"Amid all this, our state and local law enforcement agencies have been on the front lines every day protecting these communities," he said. A spokesperson for Virginia's governor said that Virginia law enforcement would continue to assist, but called on Garland to "do his job by enforcing the much more robust federal law."

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/03/1109614708/protests-at-homes-of-supreme-court-justices

***Free speech equals "fuck you Supremes"! Happy fucking 4th!

[sprinkleeninow]

1. Free speech is foreign to them...

[Nevilledog]

2. They shouldn't have one peaceful day for the rest of their miserable lives.

[Captain Zero]

3. Fuck 'em. They're ScumBags like Rudy

I say picket their goddam churches too.
Miserable sons of bitches.
On Sunday fucking morning.

[The Magistrate]

4. Citizens, Sir, Are Free To Exercise 1st and 2nd Amendment Rights Under Our Constitution

I fail to see what makes these particular poltroons immune from hearing the voice of the people up close and personal and backed by some firepower, all night long and all the day through....

[RocRizzo55]

15. Until they repeal those Amendments. N.T.

[Hekate]

29. Poltroons indeed, Sir

[MurrayDelph]

5. As long as it stays nonviolent

They could be allowed to stay and picket.

And if it becomes violent,

I hope they arrest the police who started the violence.

[samplegirl]

6. They'll find a way

to stop this is a hurry.

[usonian]

7. I salute the health and safety of the Supreme Cult members.

PROVES THERE AIN'T NO ANTIFA.

But once again, it proves that we have few friends to call in the face of tyranny.

Hello?

"I've Got a Secret"
Hopefully not for long.

[lees1975]

8. Are they attacking the police officers?

Shoving down the doors? Defecating and urinating on the carpets and floors? Breaking out the windows? Erecting gallows in the front yard? Snooping through personal belongings, grabbing souvenirs, carrying zip ties and handcuffs? Riffling through personal papers? Disrupting the whole function of the household?

So they're behaving a whole heck of a lot better than the Trump coup insurrectionists?

What's the problem, then?

[rubbersole]

23. They aren't smearing shit on boof boy's front door...

They aren't lying on a job application. Snowflakes.

[panader0]

25. Hang a dead chicken on boofer boy's door. Mumble a chanted curse. Scare the fuck out of him.

[IcyPeas]

9. Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law that created a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion

In 2014, the Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law that created a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics in which anti-abortion protesters were not allowed to congregate. The court declared the restriction a violation of the anti-choice protestors’ speech rights.

vs.

The Supreme Court’s chief security officer has penned letters requesting that top Maryland officials direct police to enforce laws “that squarely prohibit picketing at the homes of Supreme Court Justices” following weeks of protests outside their houses.

Link to tweet

[Haggard Celine]

16. Thank you!

I've always thought that getting in people's faces while they're walking into a clinic shouldn't be allowed. Would they have allowed it if they were calling other people murderers as they were trying to get medical procedures done? If they can do it at clinics, they should be allowed to do it at some fucking judge's house.

[Old Crank]

10. You get arrested for exercising your 1st amendment rights

and take it to the Supreme Court will the members whose houses are picketed have to recuse themselves???

[mwooldri]

28. You think that the SCOTUS judges abide by eithics?

[Old Crank]

31. Based on the fact that some have filled their pockets

With cash from people with cases before them? No.
But who would be paying them in this case?

[dchill]

11. If we don't "prohibit picketing" how will we ever...

...achieve fascism?

[calimary]

12. Well, boo-hoo-hoo if they don't like it.

WE don’t like having our rights taken away, and we’re delivering that messaging in a direct and personal way. No home invasion or any such intrusion here. Nobody’s being assaulted, threatened with any bodily harm, or even touched. That’s what the OTHER side does.

WE are just NOT gonna be silent. And we AREN’T gonna give up OR go away.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216884613

[LeftInTX]

13. I wanna join them!

[RocRizzo55]

14. I heard that they

Want to declare the First Amendment unconstitutional! They can do it with their minority majority.

[pressbox69]

17. What Happened?

Isn't this what they call "Legitimate Political Discourse"?

[Emile]

18. Why should they care about the right to privacy?

[Baitball Blogger]

19. Oh, so NOW the Supreme Court justice cares about Federal law.

Piss ants.

I would love it if Garland would send it back with the message, This is a State's rights issue.

[Mad_Machine76]

20. Of course

Not all of the SCOTUS Justices are being picketed. Wonder if they’re smart enough to figure out why.

[zanana1]

21. They're finding out that decisions have consequences.

Lifetime appointments and freedom to choose any case they want has made them too comfortable. Let the picketing resume!

[gibraltar72]

22. Get used to it.

You broke it you bought it.

[Captain Zero]

24. Picket their dammed churches too.

On Sunday morning.
Get their fucked up church out of our government.

[gibraltar72]

26. Lives should be made as uncomfortable as possible.

Just inside the law.

[Hortensis]

27. I would not join any group who harassed the justices at home.

DC is not lacking public spaces for demonstrations, including in front of the Supreme Court.

Yes, we know these have been peaceful demonstrations. And with mainly LWers, they're likely to remain almost entirely so; but they're implicitly threatening also just by being there. That's not my message.

Demonstrating at private homes crosses a basic line, in the same general category as not harassing the wives and children (and neighbors) of political opponents. A finer principle than just drawing a line at not throwing eggs and breaking windows, and I'd want a group I was part of to be able to care about it.

[Autumn]

30. If they are on public properly fuck those whiners.