The Supreme Court has asked Maryland officials, including Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, to enforce state and county laws banning pickets in private homes after protests began outside the homes of Supreme Court judges last month. past, reports NBC News.
The big picture: The protests began after the draft Supreme Court ruling on abortion was leaked in May, and have continued since the court overturned Roe v. Wade last month.
- At the time, Hogan said he was “deeply concerned” because hundreds of people were picketing outside the homes of some judges, according to NBC.
What they’re saying: Protests and threatening activities at judges ’homes have escalated, Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley said in a letter to Hogan and a letter to Marc Elrich, Montgomery County executive, writes NBC News .
- According to Curley, 75 protesters “picketed loudly at a judge’s house in Maryland for 20-30 minutes in the evening, then proceeded to picket another justice’s house for 30 minutes, where the crowd went increased to 100, and finally returned to the house of the first judge to make pickets for another 20 minutes. ”
- Maryland law prohibits meeting “with another in a way that disturbs a person’s right to peace of mind in their home,” he added.
- “This is exactly the kind of conduct that Maryland and Montgomery County laws prohibit,” Curley wrote.
Flashback: Nicholas John Roske was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly told detectives he was traveling from California to Maryland with intent to kill Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
- Law enforcement found a black tactical vest and a tactical knife, a pistol with two magazines and ammunition, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, a screwdriver, a nail punch, a lever, a light pistol, duct tape and padded hiking boots on the outside. from the soles of Roske’s backpack.
- Roske told detectives he was upset by the leaking of a draft Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade and the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.