Republican senators are pushing a bill to increase the punishment for anyone who intimidates Supreme Court justices.
Republican senators are pushing a bill to increase the punishment for anyone who intimidatesSen. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Republican, introduced the legislation with 10 other GOP senators. It would increase the time in prison from one year to five years for anyone convicted of trying to influence judicial decision-making.
“As we saw last summer, the woke liberal mob will go to great lengths to target those they disagree with — even illegally intimidatingjustices at their private residences,” Ms. Blackburn said. “It’s extremely concerning that none of these protesters have been arrested for breaking the law, and the DOJ has not issued any guidance on enforcing this statute.”
She was joined by Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both of Texas; Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, both of Mississippi; Tom Cotton and John Bookman, both of Arkansas; Bill Hagerty of Tennessee; Katie Britt of Alabama; Marco Rubio of Florida; and Josh Hawley of Missouri.that revealed the justices were poised to overturn 1973’s landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade, which established a national right to abortion.
The leak of the opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was the first time a full draft opinion had been leaked in the
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