r/CapitolConsequences • u/trueslicky • Apr 13 '24
Supreme Court to weigh if Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction Discussion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/13/supreme-court-jan-6-obstruction/88
u/Significant-Dog-8166 Apr 14 '24
Pretty sure Mike Pence fled the certification or risked getting hanged by these lunatic traitors. That’s about as obstructed as you can get short of succeeding at murder.
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u/dmetzcher Apr 14 '24
Anyone who says January 6th was not an attempt to obstruct the Congress from certifying the election is a liar. They don’t believe it themselves.
I don’t need a lawyer or a judge to tell me what I saw with my eyes and heard with my ears. The rioters made it very clear—on camera, both verbally and with violent behavior—that they were attempting to stop Congress from continuing with the certification.
They literally said it on camera, and then they went into the building after breaking the doors and windows, forcing the building to be evacuated. They terrified everyone in the building, as was their intention according to everyone who passed by a camera on their way up those steps, making it impossible for elected officials to do their jobs.
If that’s not obstruction, what the fuck is?
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u/Informal_Process2238 Apr 14 '24 edited Apr 14 '24
The justices should consider how they would have felt about a violent assault on them during one of their performances where they pretend to carefully consider evidence despite already being bought something tells me they would be more than outraged.
Edited to clarify my point
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u/P0ltergeist333 Apr 14 '24
They can and should. But then the SCOTUS themselves should be charged with obstruction for delaying the 1/6 case against Trump. Who knows what corrupt nonsense they'll come up with.
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u/SnooPeripherals6557 Apr 14 '24
Fascist Gop is COUNTING ON dems to stay quiet and in their lane, no matter what rights they steal from people.
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u/thegreatreceasionpt2 Apr 16 '24
And many of the elected democrats will oblige, as they are busy insider trading. (Yes R’s are worse. Yes, vote blue this fall, but we wouldn’t be here if the Dem party was worth a damn.)
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u/whatproblems Apr 14 '24
it literally disrupted a session of congress is that not obstruction of proceedings?
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u/Apprehensive_Loan776 Apr 14 '24
Maybe they could put off deciding whether any president with surname beginning with T is an absolute ruler so they can consider this for a while.
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u/tickitytalk Apr 14 '24
What in the world? The highest court in the land has trouble with this softball pitch?
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u/fluffyflugel Apr 14 '24
They literally obstructed the proceedings to the point they had to stop the certification and weren’t able to resume until the wee hours of the morning … after Trump told maga he loved them, they were very special. You just can’t make this stuff up . Lol
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u/Pollo_Jack Apr 14 '24
Current SCOTUS is corrupt. I don't expect a just ruling to happen till they are replaced.
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u/aecolley Apr 14 '24
I want to know why they haven't been charged with levying war against the United States.
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u/Mr_Blah1 Apr 14 '24
I want to know why they haven't been charged with conspiring to kidnap and murder Mike Pence and with the felony-murder of Ashlii Babbitt.
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u/johnwilkesbandwith Apr 15 '24
She is not a martyr - she betrayed her own country and deserved the penalty she was dealt.
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u/Mr_Blah1 Apr 15 '24
Because her death occurred during an attempt to kidnap and hang Mike Pence and as a direct consequence of it, the surviving participants in and planners of the Beer Gut Putsch should be prosecuted per the felony-murder rule.
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u/klauskervin Apr 15 '24
I'll tell you right now the court is going to rule that it doesn't apply to these rioters and all of the charges are going to be dismissed against Trump + Company. The Supreme Court is not only protecting Trump but also Clarence Thomas and his treasonous wife Ginny Thomas.
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u/Johnsense Apr 14 '24
This is head-smacking stupid — to think SCOTUS should involve itself in deciding something so obvious to anyone with a television.