Posted on 04/16/2024 8:46:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
On Tuesday, oral arguments commenced in the case of Fischer vs. United States, scrutinizing the legitimacy of felony charges of obstructing an official proceeding against individuals involved in the January 6 United States Capitol riot. The court's ruling will carry significant weight, as it could potentially influence the fate of hundreds of defendants from the January 6 riot and potentially undermine certain federal charges against Donald Trump.
Currently, the conservative wing of the court has expressed doubt regarding the government's case, which U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar is making. Notably, Justice Neil Gorsuch posed a question that was epic, to put it mildly.
Specifically, he inquired whether Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), who infamously pulled a fire alarm to delay a House vote, could face charges under the same statute.
"What does that mean for the breadth of this statute?" Gorsuch asked. "Would a sit-in that disrupts a trial or access to a federal courthouse qualify? Would a heckler at today's audience qualify, or a heckler at the State of the Union address? Would pulling a fire alarm before a vote qualify for 20 years in federal prison?"
"There are multiple elements of the statute that may not be satisfied by those hypotheticals," insisted Prelogar. "It relates to the point I was going to make to the chief justice about the breadth of the statute. These built-in limitations are things that I think would potentially suggest that many of those things wouldn't be something the government can charge as 1512(c)(2)."
She added, "It would include the fact that the actus reus does require obstruction, which we understand to be meaningful interference. That means if you have some minor disruption or delay or some minimal outburst—"
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Of course, you can see where this is going. It's not surprising that the Biden administration's position was that pulling a fire alarm to delay a House vote wouldn't be prosecuted under the same statute because it chose not to prosecute Bowman.
“Throws shade”?
Why the ebonics ghettospeak?
It was a legitimate real-life example that was perfect for the point he was making.
The woke attorney defending the DoJ position just spluttered in response.
“... throws shade.”
Can we not?
We do want Bowman to understand the sentence.
Bowman wasn’t sentenced.
I was referring to the sentence, “Justice Gorsuch throws shade at Jamaal Bowman.”
That’s because DemonRats don’t speak in sentences.*
*(see Former Vice President Biden for examples)
Now, what did I do with that Translator App I was so quick to reject a while ago? Maybe Vanilla Ice can
‘splain it for me.
If I was a black person, I wouldn’t be a member of this website.
Most sites are anti-Semitic. This site is just racist.
[Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), who infamously pulled a fire alarm to delay a House vote]
Now THAT is ACTUALLY interfering with the legislative process.
Why? Because we do not celebrate ghettospeak like “throwing shade”?
Hint; Black conservatives don’t use “throws shade”. Can anyone imagine Candace Owens, Justice Thomas, Thomas Sowell, Colin Noir, or any of the dozens of young black conservative male video-bloggers using that kind of jive?
Nope... they speak more correctly than me.
Very sensitive of you. Put on a dress and swish around for us.
This site can be said to be racist only if it can be said to be of the democrats.
If you were a black person black people would start calling themselves dark brown people.
Hint: black conservatives exist in record numbers thanks to President Trump.
Many do not speak proper English.
President Trump treats folks with respect and dignity until they give him a reason to the contrary.
You do not speak for myself.
Maybe other folks are part of this we being referenced, you can count me out. Who celebrates or doesn’t celebrate diction?
I will not be participating in the cultural Marxist divisive hate nonsense.
Than I. And point made.
This is the first time I’ve heard the word “shade” in that manner and wondered what they meant. I’m 76 years old so it must be a new term.
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