Monday, May 16, 2022

Should Protesters be Allowed to Shout in Front of Justices' Homes?

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Should Protesters be Allowed to Shout in Front of Justices' Homes?

Should Protesters Be Allowed to Shout in Front of Justices' Homes?

Should Protesters Be Allowed to Shout in Front of Justices' Homes?

by Alan M. Dershowitz  •  May 16, 2022 at 5:30 pm

  • I think interfering with the personal lives of judges, whether in their homes, the restaurants they eat in, or their children's schools, goes beyond what should be acceptable in a democracy. Such actions, even if constitutionally protected, should be condemned by descent people.
  • We live in an age where many, on both sides of the political spectrum, believe, and act on the belief, that noble ends justify ignoble means. That of course is a matter of degree. There may well be extreme situations where such intrusive protests might, under some circumstances, be morally acceptable. But this should not apply to protesting unjust judicial decisions of a divided court.
  • Most non-violent protests are constitutionally protected. Violent ones are not. And there are close cases that may turn on the specific facts, such as entering the Capitol to protest the counting of the votes of presidential electors. (I am representing one such defendant).
  • So I will protest the morality of those who are demonstrating in front of US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's home, while defending their right to do so peacefully and within constitutional limits.
Interfering with the personal lives of judges, whether in their homes, the restaurants they eat in, or their children's schools, goes beyond what should be acceptable in a democracy. Such actions, even if constitutionally protected, should be condemned by descent people. Pictured: Demonstrators march to the house of US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 9, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
Pro-abortion protestors have assembled in front of Justice Samuel Alito's family home in an obvious effort to intimidate or punish him. It will not change his draft opinion regarding the overruling of Roe v. Wade, but the question arises: are such protests legal and/or desirable?
As to the legality there is a specific statute that criminalizes protest in front of the residences of judges, jurors or witnesses, that are intended to interfere with or obstruct justice. While that statute might be constitutional as it related to efforts to influence the verdicts of jurors, the testimony of witnesses or possibly even the decisions of elected judges during a trial, it is probably unconstitutional as applied to justices and appellate judges with lifetime appointments who are deemed to be immune from outside pressures.



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

How about IN their homes?It's going to happen sooner or later...


--GRA

Anonymous said...

jerry pdx
Tranny insanity is beginning to permeate immigration laws: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/05/12/boat-migrants-who-claim-to-be-transgender-could-avoid-being-sent-to-rwanda-says-govt-docs/

From the article:

According to an “Equality Impact Statement” published by the Home Office on Wednesday, those who claim to be “transgender” — and especially those who claim to be “transgender women” — may be deemed ineligible to be sent to Rwanda under a new scheme aimed at discouraging would-be migrants from illegally crossing the English Channel.

That's an odd statement. Why does it end by saying a "scheme aimed at discouraging would be migrants from illegally crossing"? That new rule would encourage more migrants, especially ones with sexual psychosis. Not even to mention the men who will pretend to be transgender.

Now, not only will they get placed in school with your daughters, they can pose as female and get access to them in school bathrooms!


Not too long ago I sent an article about how in Belgium age testing has revealed that 70% of migrants men claiming to be children are actually adult men: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/05/03/nearly-7-in-10-minor-migrants-age-tested-in-belgium-in-2021-were-actually-adults/

If this new policy is implemented in Europe, then the US, just wait til it spreads online tipping off millions of would be alien invader turd world men. Wrap your mind around just how many more African, Muslim and Paki men could potentially be placed in school with your children, all with the full approval of White Woke liberals who will fight for their right to rape our daughters.

The first article reveals the pure lunacy of European immigration policy and I could go on for pages critiquing it but don't have the space here. Read it yourself, if you dare.

Anonymous said...

"Interfering with the personal lives of judges, whether in their homes, the restaurants they eat in, or their children's schools, goes beyond what should be acceptable in a democracy. Such actions, even if constitutionally protected, should be condemned by descent people"

Is unacceptable behavior totally, no matter who done against. Was not ever previously done in my memory and I am a rather old guy. But the Democratic/communist brave new world must learn new behaviors that are only for the "greater good".

This Alito must only thank the "demonstrators" for only convincing him he made the right decision.