As demonstrations against the overturning of Roe V. Wade continue, the Supreme Court is requesting that authorities in Maryland and Virginia increase protection for justices.
Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley urged that the governors of Maryland and Virginia authorise local and state law enforcement to enforce anti-picketing laws in front of the justices’ residences in letters to Larry Hogan, and Glenn Youngkin, Marc Elrich, and Jeffrey McKay.
Curly wrote in her letter to Hogan, “You recently stated that you were ‘deeply concerned’ that ‘hundreds of demonstrators have recently chosen to picket Supreme Court Justices at their homes in… Maryland’ while using ‘threatening language,’ endangering ‘the integrity of our American judicial system and the safety of our citizens.
She claimed that ever thereafter, there have been more demonstrations outside the residences of justices and threats made against them.
When a draught ruling indicating that conservative justices will vote to abolish abortion rights leaked, protests broke out and Hogan and Youngkin sent a joint letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland.
The Department of Justice was urged to “provide sustained resources to defend the Justices and ensure these living areas are secure in the weeks and months ahead” by the two Republican governors.
In response to Curley’s letter, Governor Hogan’s administration stated that federal, state, and local police enforcement “have been on the front lines every day protecting these neighbourhoods.
The governor has instructed the Maryland State Police to continue looking at enforcement options that respect the First Amendment and the Constitution because numerous federal agencies continue to refuse to take any action.
The two Republican governors encouraged the Department of Justice to “provide consistent resources to defend the Justices and ensure these living spaces are secure in the weeks and months ahead.”
The government of Governor Hogan responded to Curley’s letter by saying that local, state, and federal law enforcement “has been on the front lines every day protecting these neighbourhoods.
Because various federal agencies continue to fail to take any action, the governor has asked the Maryland State Police to keep looking into enforcement options that respect the First Amendment and the Constitution.
Large crowds of protesters have been assembling outside justices’ houses in Virginia for weeks, Curley claimed in her letter to Youngkin, “chanting slogans, using bullhorns, and banging drums.”
She cited a law in Virginia that forbids “picketing before or around the residence or living place of any individual, or who shall assemble with another person or persons in a manner which disturbs or threatens to disturb any individual’s right to peace in his home.”
Similar anti-picketing regulations are in place in Maryland and Montgomery County.
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Protesters claim they are using their First Amendment rights when they demonstrate.
An armed man who had threatened to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh was detained last month close to his Maryland home.
