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For those of us at CREW who went to the Supreme Court in February for the oral arguments in our 14th Amendment case, Trump v. Anderson, this week’s Supreme Court arguments brought a sense of déjà vu.On Tuesday, the Court heard arguments in Fischer v. United States
to determine whether January 6th insurrectionists can be charged with
obstructing an official proceeding. More than 300 insurrectionists were
charged with violating that statute, with many already having been found
guilty and sentenced.
In yet another parallel to our case in February, if you read the text
of the law, it seems to clearly apply. As the solicitor general said
before the Court: “Many crimes occurred [on January 6th], but in plain
English, the fundamental wrong committed by many of the rioters,
including petitioner, was a deliberate attempt to stop the joint session
of Congress from certifying the results of the election. That is, they
obstructed Congress’s work in that official proceeding.” |
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
SUPREME OUTRAGE: Déjà vu at Supreme Court
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