Not sure that it matters in practice since the harassment of the January 6th defendants has been relentless and served as a warning to dissenters, but the legal cases against the protesters have been falling apart under legal scrutiny.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court definitely put the nail in the coffin of the biggest and most important charge leveled against the January 6ers through their ruling against the government.
In a case against a Pennsylvania law enforcement official, the Court ruled that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding didn’t apply to the protests, and the charges were tossed out.
The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the charges against a former Pennsylvania police officer who entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks. By a vote of 6-3, the justices ruled that the law that Joseph Fischer was charged with violating, which bars…
