Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Maps to Supreme Court Justices' Homes

Maps to Supreme Court Justices' HomesAfter hearing about attempts to quell peaceful protests outsides the homes of Supreme Court justices using a draconian law, we have decided to publish the locations of those protests in support of all threatened with prosecution for peacefully protesting outside the homes of judges and other court personnel. Any statue which prohibits citizens from exercising their right to peaceably assemble in public violates the First Amendment. For that reason, we want to make sure that people have the information they need to exercise their rights where they choose. If prosecuted, we urge people to challenge the statute itself for being too broad. 18 U.S.C. 1507 (https://ift.tt/3UXqzv4) sweeps too broadly to withstand a proper constitutional challenge. A statue is unconstitutionally overbroad if its language covers any Constitutionally protected activity. The right to petition the court for a redress of grievances and to peaceably assemble in furtherance of that redress is a right guaranteed to everyone in America by the last part of the First Amendment which says, "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." The draconian statue reads as follows: "Whoever, with 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, in the discharge of his duty, pickets or parades in or near a building housing a court of the United States, or in or near a building or residence occupied or used by such judge, juror, witness, or court officer, or with such intent uses any sound-truck or similar device or resorts to any other demonstration in or near any such building or residence, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." - 18 U.S.C. 1507 The Unconstitutional part reads "or with the intent of influencing" which covers anything you could otherwise legally do while protesting outside someone's home hoping that your voice will be heard and considered. We don't have a problem with the rest of it because Congress has the right to protect court proceedings from being obstructed, impeded, or interfered with because courts need to function, but they cannot legally stop people from attempting to influence the court by peaceably assembling in public. The First Amendment does not allow Congress to pass laws which restrict the right to peaceably protest on public property at all and it certainly does not allow Congress to issue discriminatory edicts based solely on the occupations of those living nearby. The political right is demanding that the Justice Department arrest anyone that protests outside the home of a Supreme Court justice. They are acting as if the Biden administration is behaving inappropriately by not directing federal law enforcement to violate the rights of anyone that peaceably assembles outside the home of a Supreme Court justice. The truth is that the administration likely realizes that enforcing the statute under these circumstances would result in constitutional challenges likely to win. Having an outdated unconstitutional law on the books to deter people is worth more than the risk of losing that statutory protection. When laws like that are applied too broadly then the target can raise an as applied constitutional challenge. As applied challenges are usually more likely to succeed than challenging the statutory language in an effort to find any plausible unconstitutional application. To show our support for all those that exercise their First Amendment right to protest judges outside their homes, here is a list of locations where people have been protesting SCOTUS recently. As always, we ask that nobody use this information for any unlawful purpose. Unlawful purposes do not include violations of laws that are themselves illegal. A law is illegal when its language sweeps so broadly that it proscribes Constitutionally protected activities. When we say "do not use this information for any unlawful purpose" we are only referring to legitimate laws and legitimate applications of those laws. For instance, we are ok with people violating a law which illegally attempts to obstruct their ability to peaceably assemble, but we are not ok with people breaking laws against physically harming people or destroying property while violating the illegal law under these circumstances. Finally, we have noticed that protests outside the homes of government officials are rarely violent even when the protesters are largely the same people known for messing up government buildings. We think that is because people know they are being heard outside homes, don't feel the need to do anything else, and are afraid of being accused of having ill intent. Here is a list of known home addresses belonging to members of the Supreme Court: John Glover Roberts Jr. 3805 Meadow Lane Chevy Chase, MD Brett Michael Kavanaugh 3706 Underwood Street Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Amy Coney Barrett 2035 Stephanie Marie Drive Falls Church, VA Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. 1120 Fort Hunt, VA We would have Alito's address, but the group responsible for protesting there failed to put it or even the street on their promotional material. Instead they tell people to meet nearby and march there, but do not say exactly where they marched as far as we can tell (see https://ruthsent.us). We managed to get the house number from the video below, but couldn't find any houses with that number that look like that house in Fort Hunt via Google Maps. We will send this link to Ruth Sent Us with a request that they provide us with the address. Obviously, this is a work in progress. We are focusing primarily on the locations of recent protests and will move on to the others later. #scotus #freespeech #abortion

source https://copblaster.com/blast/48836/maps-to-supreme-court-justices-homes

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