There’s a reasonable compromise the justices can come to on whether Jan. 6 defendants can be charged with obstruction of an official proceeding.
with big implications for prosecutions of accused Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Unsurprisingly, the matter has polarized onlookers — with each side insisting that there’s a clear legal, and moral, answer. The reality is more complicated.had a direct and indirect connection to former president Donald Trump. The defendant, a former police officer named Joseph Fischer who participated in the riot at the U.S.
Yet this doesn’t mean that the court should rule the way Mr. Fischer desires. Arguing that the statute forbids a range of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. pointed out that the court is usually not so permissive in its interpretation of such language. Indeed, a maximally expansive reading invited uncomfortable hypotheticals, several of which the justices explored in Tuesday’s hearing. What if hecklers stood from their seats in the courthouse and yelled, “Free the January 6th patriots”? What if protesters blocked access to a bridge from Virginia to D.C.
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