Thu Mar 30, 2023 – 4:29 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – A Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance directed to U.S. Marshals in light of protests at Supreme Court Justices’ homes after the initial Dobbs leak directed them not to make arrests except to “prevent physical harm.”
The guidance, given to Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt by a DOJ whistleblower who objected to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee early this month, states that arresting protesters was “not the goal (sic)” of deployment to the Justices’ homes and to arrest protesters only to “prevent physical harm.”
The alleged directive contradicts a federal law that says “picketing or parading” with the “intent of influencing any judge … in the discharge of his duty, pickets or parades in or near … a building or residence occupied or used by such judge” shall be fined or imprisoned up to a year.
Mentioning the law, however, the guidance directs Marshals that arrests could invite legal challenges to it, and thus the Marshals should avoid making arrests. The guidance further states that Marshals should only make arrests if they coordinate with federal prosecutors, warning that it could
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