Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) blasted the DOJ silence on Monday, tweeting “When can we expect AG Garland’s memo condemning protests at Supreme Court Justices’ homes?” People holding signs during a vigil outside Alito’s house after the draft of the court’s decision leaked. The Department of Justice has not publicly commented on the protests and did not immediately respond to The Post’s inquiries on whether it is monitoring these recent demonstrations and whether it considers them to be in violation of the law. It is unclear if they will include picketing or sound trucks.Īctivist group Shutdown DC - which held the protest outside Alito’s home Monday night - did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. Ruth Sent Us did not comment on the demonstrations to The Post. People holding a demonstration outside Justice Samuel Alito’s house in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 9, 2022. On Wednesday, the pro-abortion organization Ruth Sent Us will be hosting “walk-bys” outside the homes of all six conservative justices - including Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch in addition to Alito, Roberts and Kavanaugh. Meanwhile, several other demonstrations have been scheduled for this week. “They are elevating their political interest in portraying the draft Supreme Court opinion as extreme over their constitutional duty to execute the laws faithfully and protect both the court and the justices,” Andrew McCarthy, senior fellow at the National Review Institute and a Post contributor, told Fox News. Attorney General Merrick Garland has not commented on pro-abortion protests happening outside the homes of several Supreme Court justices. The law also applies to a person who uses sound trucks or similar devices “or resorts to any other demonstration in or near such building or residence.”īut Attorney General Merrick Garland has made no comment on the protests outside the justices’ homes. 1507 – which relates to Obstruction of Justice and states that anyone who has the intent of “interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing any judge, juror, witness, or court officer” and pickets or parades in or near a court building or residence “occupied or used by such judge, juror, witness or court officer” will face a fine or imprisonment of one year. The demonstrations could be considered illegal under 18 U.S.C. The leaked opinion - written in February - was authored by Alito. Monday night saw the latest demonstration outside Alito’s home, where approximately 100 people gathered, held signs and chanted “Our bodies, our voice!” as well as “Alito is a coward.” Since the weekend, hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the homes of Justices Samuel Alito, John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh to protest the leaked draft opinion striking down the landmark Roe v. While the pro-abortion demonstrations outside the homes of several conservative Supreme Court justices could be illegal under federal law, the Department of Justice has remained silent on the issue. Why IRS is after 82-year-old grandmother whose family fled Nazis The one who knocks: Mayor Adams vows door-to-door checks on gun permits Ginni Thomas urged Wisconsin lawmakers to reverse 2020 election results: emails The few who dare must speak and speak again to right the wrongs of many? Amen!įurther note on the poet: Even if you haven’t heard of Wheelcox (I hadn’t), you may recognize the first line of her poem “Solitude.How to stop Biden’s trillion-dollar student-loan giveaway God’s soil is rescued from the clutch of greed The precious one beneath her heart, until That let the children and childbearers toilĬall no chain strong, which holds one rusted link.Ĭall no land free, that holds one fettered slave.Īre loosed to toss in childish sport and glee, The lawlessness of wealth-protecting laws No vested power in this great day and landĬan gag or throttle. The few who dare, must speak and speak again Had no voice been raisedĪnd guillotines decide our least disputes. To sin by silence, when we should protest, We are a land of freedom only if we truly live up to that ideal. If you don’t vote against “injustice, ignorance, and lust,” you are sinning by silence. Written in 1914 to support the labor and suffragette movements (including the end of child labor), it applies equally well to environmentalism and democracy renewal. At this late stage of the election season, I don’t need to speak to all the ways that Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s “Protest” speaks to our present moment. Yesterday I mentioned a line from a poem that inspired Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. Francken the Younger, Lazarus and the Rich Miser
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