SCOTUS Security Chief Has To Beg Governors To Help Stop Illegal Protesting Outside Homes Of Justices

By Jacob Taylor | Monday, 04 July 2022 05:15 AM
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SCOTUS Security Chief Has To Beg Governors To Help Stop Illegal Protesting Outside Homes Of Justices

The Supreme Court's top-ranking security official has sent letters to both Maryland and Virginia officials demanding they use police and law enforcement to prevent violence and extreme protests at the homes of justices.

Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley sent letters to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin demanding that they put an end to picketing and any other "threatening activity" outside the homes of SCOTUS justices.

Last month, 26-year-old Nicholas Roske arrived at Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Maryland home with strong intentions and evidence that he wanted to kill Kavanaugh and then himself, prosecutors say. Roske ended up giving himself up without harming anyone.

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"I am writing to request that the Maryland State Police, in conjunction with local authorities as appropriate, enforce laws that prohibit picketing outside of the homes of Supreme Court Justices who live in Maryland," Curley wrote in her letter to Hogan.

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"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' — jeopardizing 'the integrity of our American judicial system and the safety of our citizen," the marshal wrote.

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"Since then, protest activity at Justices' homes, as well as threatening activity, has only increased."

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Curley instructed Hogan to mobilize the state police and Maryland's legal resources to put an end to the protests.

"I would respectfully request that you direct the Maryland State Police to enforce Maryland and Montgomery County laws that squarely prohibit picketing at the homes of Supreme Court Justices who reside in Maryland."

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In the letter to Youngkin, Curley pushed the governor to "enforce state law" that prohibits picketing outside the home of Supreme Court justices.

Hogan, along with Youngkin, has called on the Department of Justice to enforce the federal statute that prohibits protests, pickets and all other forms of protesting that can intimidate justices at their homes.

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It is illegal under federal law to attempt to influence a judge's ruling or interfere with the fulfillment of their duty. The Justice Department, however, has so far refused to interfere with demonstrators outside the homes of several Supreme Court justices, including Clarence Thomas, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh.

While the DOJ has provided security at the justices' homes, they have permitted protests and picketing to continue with little consequences.

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