04/16/2024

SCOTUS is Hearing Arguments in Jan. 6 Case that may Impact Trump, Rioters

The law was used to charge hundreds of rioters and levied against Donald Trump

The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) seemed deeply divided Tuesday over a challenge to a federal law that prosecutors used to charge more than 350 people who were part of the pro-Donald Trump mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Several conservatives expressed concern about giving prosecutors broad power that they suggested would allow the government to target peaceful protesters or hecklers who disrupt a court proceeding.

Meanwhile, other justices seemed to back the government, while some were interested in finding a way to limit the government's discretion to apply the statute in a way that might still allow the Jan. 6 cases to proceed.

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