Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson, concurring w/ the 6-3 majority, suggested that the #Jan6 #obstruction charge could still be brought against #Trump, specifically #crimes involving the actual or attempted “impairment … of the availability or integrity of things used during the #January6 proceeding.” Trump is charged w/ corruptly interfering w/ electoral vote certificates to be counted by VP #MikePence.

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It is not clear how much weight Jackson’s view would carry in the lower courts, but it is an important one. Jackson’s point was that while #SCOTUS limited the #statute to #crimes involving the impairment of #evidence, Congress’s #Jan6 certification of the #2020election itself “plainly used certain records, documents or objects — including, among others, those relating to the electoral votes themselves.”

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In #dissent, Justice #AmyConeyBarrett noted that there is no mandatory minimum punishment. “Given the breadth of its terms, [the #law] naturally encompasses actions that range in severity,” she wrote. “Congress presumably #trusted District #Courts to impose sentences #commensurate with the defendant’s particular #conduct.”

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ONLY ONE #J6 defendant received a punishment that severe— #ProudBoys ldr #EnriqueTarrio, who was ALSO convicted of a #SeditiousConspiracy to keep #Trump in power. He was sentenced to 22yrs in prison. The avg sentence for a rioter w/no criminal history & convicted of no felonies other than obstruction is ~2yrs.

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Writing for the majority, Chief *Justice* #JohnRoberts said the government must establish that a defendant “impaired the availability or integrity” of records, documents or other objects used in an official proceeding. The decision returns the case to the lower courts for additional proceedings.

Justices #AmyConeyBarrett, Sonia #Sotomayor & Elena #Kagan dissented.

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'Oh-kay...' CNN's #KasieHunt taken aback by #MarthaAnnAlito's #Homophobic '#Jesus #flag' #rant

"You know what I want, I want a sacred heart of Jesus flag because I have to look across the lagoon at the pride flag for the next month," Alito complained at one point.

https://www.rawstory.com/martha-alito/