[CatOwner]

If the SCOTUS has any integrity remaining. A solid majority appears to have little to none.

[wardamneagle]

They don’t have the balls….

[Dr. Franklin]

In what appears to be massive judicial collusion, judges in J6 cases ignored precedent and repeatedly referenced one another’s cases to justify the use of 1512(c)(2) against J6ers.

That's called judicial misconduct, and it's what federal judges do far too often. Judges who can't follow precedent, or declare their decisions are "not precedential" are in the wrong line of work. They should be disciplined, and judicial discipline does not require impeachment.

[Signalman]

Everyone should be released and replaced with Liz Cheney and her corrupt cohorts on the J6 committee. Give them each 20 years on the rockpile.

[joesbucks]

Could be wrong, but I don’t see them overturning the convictions.

[Gay State Conservative]

later

[Dead Corpse]

The Chevron re-visit was supposed to be released last October. I feel like they are kicking the can as far down the road as possible on that one. Going to be a huge can of worms to open no matter which way to fall..

But... way past due time. A bad decision like that shouldn’t stand for 40+ years.

[TexasFreeper2009]

they all need to be released and pardoned, then they all new to sue the government for billions.

[Salman]

If they are released, next step is sue the bastards. There will certainly be lawyers lined up to do it on contingency. Or possibly a class action.

[GOPJ]

bttt

[TalBlack]

Deprivation of rights under color of authority. And unless people responsible are charged and convicted and jailed they can just do it again. This isn’t a question of the meaning or intent of a law as often comes before the court this is a crime of the First Magnitude.

[glennaro]

The Democrat/Communist Party politburo cannot have this. A gulag is essential to maintain central control by instilling fear of persecution in the proletariat should they dare start behaving again as a free people.

Total acquiescence and obedience to the Left's secular theology coupled with an elevated level of fear of the politicians and bureaucrats who run the Democrat/Communist Party must be maintained -- whatever it takes -- lest our once-great constitutional Republic, once the envy of the free world, is resurrected and free people hold these tyrants accountable for the misery and suffering they have deliberately caused.

[lurk]

This is not about vacating the sentences. This about the practice of the DC judges multiplying the gravity of the charges and adding years to the sentences.

A guy walks by five cops in to the Capitol on J6, takes a cell phone pic and leaves. They nail him for riot, endangerment and four other things. 15 years in the cell with Brutus and ten years probation.

[bantam]

Free them all!

[woodpusher]

18 U.S.C. 1512(c)(2) as it appears in the U.S. Code

https://law.justia.com/codes/us/2021/title-18/part-i/chapter-73/sec-1512/

Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part I - Crimes
Chapter 73 - Obstruction of Justice
Sec. 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant

[...]

(c) Whoever corruptly—

(1) alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the object's integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding; or

(2) otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding, or attempts to do so,

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

For the Act which added the provision to the U.S. Code, see the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Public Law 107-204 of July 30, 2002, 116 Statutes at Large 745. This provides the context within which the provision was enacted.

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-107publ204/pdf/PLAW-107publ204.pdf

PUBLIC LAW 107–204—JULY 30, 2002 116 STAT. 745

Public Law 107–204
107th Congress

An Act

To protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002’’

- - - - -

At 116 Stat. 807

TITLE XI—CORPORATE FRAUD ACCOUNTABILITY

SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Corporate Fraud Accountability Act of 2002’’.

SEC. 1102. TAMPERING WITH A RECORD OR OTHERWISE IMPEDING AN OFFICIAL PROCEEDING.

Section 1512 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (i) as subsections (d) through (j), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:

‘‘(c) Whoever corruptly—

‘‘(1) alters, destroys, mutilates, or conceals a record, document, or other object, or attempts to do so, with the intent to impair the object’s integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding; or

‘‘(2) otherwise obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.’’.

Now if one puts the provision in the context of CORPORATE FRAUD ACCOUNTABILITY; TAMPERING WITH A RECORD OR OTHERWISE IMPEDING AN OFFICIAL PROCEEDING, within the Corporate Fraud Accountability Act of 2002’’, one may well question how this pertains to any corporate fraud that occurred at the capitol on January 6th.