The U.S. Supreme Court’s top security officer has asked Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to enforce laws barring picketing outside the Maryland homes of high court justices, saying protests and “threatening activity” have increased.
Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley made the request in a July 1 letter to Hogan, noting that Maryland law prohibits people from intentionally assembling “in a manner that disrupts a person’s right to tranquility in the person’s home.”
“I am writing to request that the Maryland State Police, in conjunction with local authorities as appropriate, enforce laws prohibiting picketing outside the homes of Supreme Court justices who live in Maryland,” Curley told Hogan, according to a copy of the letter posted on the Fox News website.Abortion rights activists began protesting outside the Maryland homes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the Virginia home of Justice Samuel Alito Jr.
“Since then, protest activity at Justices’ homes, as well as threatening activity, has only increased,” Curley told Hogan, adding that protesters have for weeks used bullhorns, chanted slogans, and banged on drums. The letter also noted “an attempt on a Justice’s life,” an apparent reference to the arrest last month near Kavanaugh’s home of a California man armed with a handgun, a knife and pepper spray.Reporting by Jonathan Landay; Editing by David Gregorio
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
SCOTUS marshal asks Maryland officials to enforce anti-picketing laws outside justices' homes“For weeks on end, large groups of protesters chanting slogans, using bullhorns, and banging drums have picketed justices’ homes in Maryland,” one letter reads.
Read more »
Supreme Court asks Maryland officials to stop people picketing at justices’ housesProtest activity and threatening behavior outside the homes of justices has increased since the draft Supreme Court abortion decision was leaked, the court's security chief said.
Read more »
Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as 1st Black woman on Supreme CourtKetanji Brown Jackson officially became the U.S. Supreme Court’s 116th justice following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer.
Read more »
Australians rally against U.S. overturning of key abortion rulingThousands of Australians joined raucous protests across the country on Saturday against the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of women's constitutional right to abortion.
Read more »
Justice Thomas rises: A monumental Supreme Court term's rightward shift shows no sign of slowingAfter 30 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas’ influence has never been greater, and he continues to be at the center of the left's opposition.
Read more »
Clarence Thomas Makes Disputed Claim About COVID VaccinesU.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas mentioned a controversial claim about COVID-19 vaccines, which has been refuted by medical experts, in a dissenting opinion on Thursday.
Read more »