In a letter sent to Garland, Hawley raised anxieties that despite protests outside Kavanaugh’s house and increased pro-abortion attacks on pregnancy resource centers, no substantial action has been taken. Federal law stipulates that picketing at the houses of judges with the intent to intimidate them or influence their rulings is illegal.
“To tamp down on this wave of violence, you must immediately stand up and enforce the law, prosecute those who break it, and condemn the violent rhetoric coming from the left,” Hawley wrote.
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On Thursday, 26-year-old Nicholas Roske of California was arrested for supposedly planning to kill Justice Kavanaugh over what he anticipated would be Kavanaugh’s choice on a Supreme Court case that could potentially decide the fate of Roe v. Wade. Later that evening, protesters noisily protested outside Kavanaugh’s home with chants and drums.
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The protests were among a spike in such activities in reaction to a leaked Supreme Court opinion draft that proposed the Court was on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion nationwide. In the weeks since its publication, pro-life pregnancy centers have further been under assault.
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Hawley proposed that the tensions went back even further, pointing to Senator Chuck Schumer’s comments on the steps of the Supreme Court in March 2020, telling Kavanaugh: “You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”
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Hawley also accused different Democratic officials of provoking “illegal activity against Justices" in violation of federal law.
“All of this rhetoric emboldens not only the man who tried to take the life of Justice Kavanaugh but also the radicals who have attacked pregnancy resource centers across the country,” Hawley announced, adding: “When Democratic officials openly say it is fine to flout the law and commit crimes, radicals take note. That is why is so outrageous that, hours after the assassination attempt, your office did not immediately arrest illegal picketers who surround Justice Kavanaugh’s house in a renewed attempt to intimidate.”
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Hawley ended his letter by asking that the attorney general provide a complete account of why his office did not arrest the demonstrators outside Kavanaugh’s home and why “you are dragging your feet on arresting criminals for the firebombing of pregnancy resources centers across the country.”