Insurrection.
I’ve said it before, let me say it again, if a judge in any apolitical case were being targeted at his or her home with angry protests and death threats, those responsible would very quickly be in prison and the protests would be shut down by a heavy law enforcement presence.
This is happening because the Biden administration and its allies, which include Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, refuse to enforce the law.
At this point we’re far past a discussion in “right-wing media”. The Supreme Court has directly requested and been turned down by, among others, Gov. Hogan, who keeps prattling about “political norms”.
Gail Curley, the Supreme Court’s marshal, has written to the governors of Maryland and Virginia and local officials in suburban Washington, D.C., asking them to enforce state and county laws that prohibit picketing at private homes.
In the letter to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, she said laws in his state prohibits assembling “with another in a manner that disrupts a person’s right to tranquility in the person’s home,” and provides a penalty of up to 90 days in jail.
A “Republican”.
“Since then, protest activity at justices’ homes, as well as threatening activity, has only increased,” Curley said in the letter, with large groups using bullhorns and banging drums. “This is exactly the kind of conduct that Maryland and Montgomery County laws prohibit.”
And if right-wing protesters were doing this at Kagan and Sotomayor’s homes, there would be action.
In a letter to Marc Elrich, the executive of Montgomery County, Curley said a separate county law prohibits picketing “in front of or adjacent to any private residence.” She noted that the author of the county ordinance has urged county officials to enforce the law against protesters who gather outside the justices’ homes.
Both letters to the Maryland officials were dated Friday. The marshal also sent letters Saturday to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, and Jeffrey McKay, chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in Northern Virginia, where other justices’ live, asking for enforcement of a similar Virginia law.
Virginia may or may not enforce the laws on a state level, Gov Hogan and Elrich have made it clear that they won’t.
The response from Maryland officials was lukewarm. In a statement on Saturday, Hogan’s office said the Maryland Attorney General’s office has questioned the constitutionality of the state’s anti-picketing law, and noted that the Justice Department has declined to enforce federal laws that would stop the demonstrations.
“In light of the continued refusal by multiple federal entities to act, the governor has directed Maryland state police to further review enforcement options that respect the First Amendment and the Constitution,” said Michael Ricci, Hogan’s communications director.
The Federal entities in question are under the control of the Biden administration which supports active intimidation of justices. But that has nothing to do with Hogan’s refusal to do so.
The First Amendment does not protect harassing people in their homes. It certainly does not protect intimidating judges in their homes.
There are laws on the books here. State and local officials are deliberately refusing to enforce them because they support the intimidation.
CogitoErgoSum says
Hogan must be one of those “sleepers” the Democrats want to be elected all across the country. We, the people, have been sleeping too. Time to wake up.
Infidel says
I am disappointed that conservatives haven’t been paying attention to the primaries and have been allowing RINOs to be elected as candidates, be it Dr Oz or Nancy Mace or others. I’d rather have the blue states field genuine conservatives and go down fighting instead of frauds like Larry Hogan
I actually missed a caucus on May in Virginia’s 10th district b’cos I thought the GOP rep candidate would be picked in a primary. VIrginia does an awful job communicating that
mgoldberg says
But where is the rancor and expressed outrage against all this? Only here, and a few other sites where we all shake our heads at the absurdity of it? Why isn’t there a national movement to arrest those who support the attacks upon the justices and those doing the actions at their homes…. why aren’t there vast lawsuits to demand action now…..?
somehistory says
I read a little while ago, about a couple, elderly, who have lived for nearly four decades in a house in SF. they have been parking on a carpad for all of that time, but recently, someone complained to the city and they have been forced to park on the street or pay heavy fines.
If some person living near the Justices had democratic, antifa, bm connections and got tired of the noise and disruption…complained, then the gov and the county guy might take action. But, they don’t want to upset those who may be inclined to vote for them. after all, it’s possible they are in favor of murdering babies and will change the letter after their names to d…for demon-led
Wellington says
While I applaud Governor Hogan for his so-far courageous and successful fight with cancer, I deplore him on almost every other level. If you wanted a sterling example of a RINO, Larry Hogan is your man.
Hogan represents the worst of the Republican Party. He is, be of no doubt, Democrat Light.
Well, America is in a pretty tight fix at present, now isn’t it? The Democratic Party has lost its collective mind and many Republicans (about half or perhaps even more so) have gone into “full-cave” mode. Governor Hogan of Maryland serves as an excellent example of the Republican Party at its worst.
I have been to Maryland countless times since boyhood. It is an absolutely beautiful place overall, especially the three or four most western counties (the bloodiest day in American history was fought in Washington County, at Antietam {coming in second place here is 9/11 and so thanks again Islam for nothing}, and which battlefield I have visited numerous times, including many outings with students whom I taught the American Civil War era course for decades; and Gettysburg, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and Antietam in Maryland, are only about 65 miles apart so I made a point of visiting both battlefields on the same day with my students). The Eastern Shore of Maryland is stunning too—Kent County, Queen Annes County, Talbot County, et al.
But then there is Baltimore. It still retains some stunning architecture and has a rich history, but it is, effectively and sadly, still dominating Maryland politics. It’s as though it has “appendages” like Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore but it cares not about them at all. Yes, it’s a tyranny subjecting many others and the few Leftist counties in Maryland besides Baltimore (which is itself a county), those like Prince Georges and Montgomery counties.
Maryland comes the closest of all 50 states to being, essentially, a city-state that denies to the rest of the state any merit or regard. Trump in 2016 won 17 of the 24 counties but because of the “Baltimore tyranny” and its surroundings this state, like so many other states where the decrepit urban element prevails (damn, like Thomas Jefferson I hate cities), threw the election to the lesser candidate by far.
Enough. I have gone on too long but Maryland represents in microcosm how the weakest link in America are cities and their suburbs.
somehistory says
a long time ago, a yesterday, I lived in MD for nearly a year, in a little town called Savage. I lived in a house that had been a plantation home, but was divided into apartments. that house has since become a historic landmark. I wouldn’t have thunk it back then.
the surrounding area was beautiful country. I don’t miss living there, however.
CogitoErgoSum says
I see that Maryland was founded in 1632 by George Calvert (1st Baron Baltimore and a Catholic convert) as a place of refuge for Catholics being persecuted in England. Catholics were always a minority in the state, however. It looks like this Gov. Hogan is a Catholic; or at least his parents were both Irish and he attended Catholic schools growing up. If he does claim to be a Catholic I have a feeling it’s along the lines of Joe Biden’s and Nancy Pelosi’s version of Catholicism because he seems to support abortion. That’s the modern way of avoiding persecution as Maryland is no longer a refuge for Catholics.
Wellington says
I simply see no way, CES, how any informed Catholic can countenance ANY abortion—even in those very rare cases of incest, rape and the life of the mother at stake (never to be confused with the “health of the mother” and which can cover almost anything, any excuse).
There is simply no way around traditional Catholic doctrine, i.e., that life begins at conception, and even a fetus conceived out of incest or rape, horrible as this is, is itself not culpable for the heinous action which produced this nascent human being and so why, just from a purely ethical and logical point of view, religion aside, should it still not be given the benefit of the doubt?
In addition to all the legal arguments about abortion, and putting them also aside, I find it disturbing that the ethical and logical issues about abortion are still so rarely addressed.
If you’re going to allow abortion de minimis, for instance in the first 12 weeks and not thereafter minus truly exigent circumstances, then this should be explained to all. Roe v. Wade opened up the flood gates to extreme positions on the pro-abortion side, even to the extent of providing “comfort rooms” after the baby is born and then terminated (the very position of the extremely morally compromised former Governor of Virginia).
Those who supported and continue to support Roe got what they deserved, so extreme was their position on this most contentious “matter.” Had abortion supporters been more reasoned, the Dobbs decision would not have been necessary.
CogitoErgoSum says
Wellington, yes, I would welcome a reasoned and scientific explanation as to when human life begins and when abortion should be restricted. I would not oppose a law being passed that was in line with the Constitution based upon a well reasoned argument. It would most likely not be the law that I would prefer but I could respect it because I believe we live in world where God lets men make laws of their own. Also, I could abide by my own stricter version of the law that I would prefer but still not break the laws of the land. I would not personally vote for the more lenient law but if those who do are in the majority, so be it. That’s where I see a separation of church and state coming into play. There will have to be a certain amount of compromise on both side so that nobody feels they are living in a dictatorship – secular or theocratic. I hope it does not take another 50 years to figure things out before it tears the country apart.
I understand what Pelosi and Biden are saying about freedom of choice but I can’t understand their willingness actually to tell people they need to fight those who oppose them. In my opinion they are instigating violence and rebelling against their own religion.
somehistory says
I agree. It grieves me to hear of babies being murdered. This whole thing has been very stressful…for so very long, to even think about what it means for the little ones. I am not Catholic, but my stance is that the baby is a baby, a life, right from the start. All of the “parts are down in writing,” as the Psalm says, and babies are wonderful gifts that our Creator has given us. None should be destroyed, for any *reason* no matter how much people argue that it is the *right* thing to do….in whatever form the put their argument.
It is impossible for man to legislate morality. there can be laws written that make an attempt, and to try to get people to be ethical, but those who don’t wish to be either moral or ethical, will not obey those laws.
As you point out, some, such as biden and pelosi are encouraging people who would break the laws, to do so and to oppose…violently,…the people who do have a moral, religious, and/or ethical reasons for their fight to save the unborn from horrible, and unnecessary and immoral deaths.
We who are on the side of Life, must leave it to God to Judge and administer Justice, but it is sure is difficult for me to “wait for God,” in this instance.
I wish all of mankind could see life as God sees it, and do all they could to protect little children, from the earliest age.
One day, that time will be here.
CogitoErgoSum says
I wonder what the problem would be with there being some Congressional committee hearings on abortion. Such a committee could call in some biologists to testify about what they have concluded from scientific studies about when a fetus becomes a human being. They could call in some religious scholars from various religions and also non-religious scholars on ethics and philosophy. They could call in some experts on the Constitution and see what they think about the proper way would be to write a law, if not about allowing abortion, then a law that defines when a person’s right to life begins.
I don’t know if such committee hearings would get high ratings on t.v. but they would be far more interesting to me than the witch hunt hearings being conducted these past few weeks to get Donald Trump.
somehistory says
Yes, it would be. I’m not expecting any such committee, but strange things do happen.
If I was asked to give a non-religious opinion, I would say the Constitution does not limit the “right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” to those we can see, nor of a certain age…young or old…and that since it has the word “progeny,” this means *children,* and no age is mentioned along with that word.
I would say that the document gives the same guarantee of the ” unalienable rights endowed by our Creator,” include things not actually written …”among these” comes before the three listed…and I would say they apply equally to the unborn. How about, a “right” to be born and allowed to live as long as their normal lifespan…just as we all are; unless we take a life, illegally.
somehistory says
“Virginia, Maryland officials push back on Supreme Court request to curb protests at justices’ homes”
“It is very troubling that the Court would take this approach,” Elrich said in a statement. “If the Marshal is concerned about security, then she and her staff should communicate directly with our police chief, myself, and my staff rather than having a letter released to the press.”
Elrich said he has spoken with Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones and noted that he was not aware of any need for additional security assistance as of Monday, adding that discussing security concerns via public letters is “irresponsible and disappointing behavior.”
Source: The Washington Examiner
gravenimage says
Gov. Hogan, Officials Refuse to Enforce Laws to Stop Supreme Court Harassment
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This is appalling–and would be no matter the ruling in question.
This constitutes threats and coercion.