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   GOP governors call on DOJ to 'enforce the law' as protesters   
   gather outside justices' homes   
      
   Republican Govs. Larry Hogan of Maryland and Glenn Youngkin of   
   Virginia on Wednesday called on the Justice Department to   
   “provide adequate resources” to protect Supreme Court justices   
   and their families as demonstrators gather outside their homes   
   in protest of the disclosed draft opinion that would overturn   
   Roe v. Wade.   
      
   Hogan and Youngkin sent the letter to Attorney General Merrick   
   Garland, citing federal statute Title 18, Section 1507 of the   
   U.S. Code, which says it’s illegal with “the intent of   
   influencing any judge” to picket or parade “in or near a   
   building or residence occupied or used by such judge, juror,   
   witness, or court officer.” The governors asked Garland to   
   “enforce the law as it is written.”   
      
   “We together ask that the Department of Justice through the   
   respective United States Attorneys’ offices provide appropriate   
   resources to safeguard the Justices and enforce the law as it is   
   written,” the letter said. “It is critical that our Department   
   acts to preserve the safety and standards of the highest court   
   in the land,” the letter said. “There is simply too much at   
   stake.”   
      
   The debate over protests at justices’ homes is just one of the   
   murky political fault lines emerging from the disclosure of a   
   draft majority opinion last week. While Republicans have   
   denounced the protests as illegal, Democrats have been in a   
   challenging spot — from some lawmakers pointing to past   
   demonstrations at their own private residences to White House   
   press secretary Jen Psaki suggesting the protests were OK as   
   long as they were peaceful.   
      
   White House responds to protests outside of Supreme Court   
   Justices’ homes   
      
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   “I know that there’s an outrage right now, I guess, about   
   protests that have been peaceful to date — and we certainly   
   continue to encourage that — outside of judges’ homes. And   
   that’s the president’s position,” Psaki said on Tuesday.   
      
   From Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to House Minority   
   Whip Steve Scalise, the chorus of GOP lawmakers condemning   
   Democrats and the White House has grown louder this week.   
   Republicans contend that Democrats are encouraging illegal   
   activity as demonstrators gather outside of the homes of Justice   
   Samuel Alito, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett   
   Kavanaugh. Youngkin in particular faced backlash from members of   
   his own party on Tuesday, when conservatives called on the new   
   Republican governor to do more after tweeting that state police   
   were “closely monitoring” the protests.   
      
   Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on Senate   
   Judiciary Committee, sent his own letter to Garland on   
   Wednesday, requesting the department “prioritize the protection”   
   of the justices.   
      
   “The President may choose to characterize protests, riots, and   
   incitements of violence as mere passion,” Grassley wrote. “But   
   these attempts to influence and intimidate members of the   
   federal judiciary are an affront to judicial independence. No   
   fair-minded person can question that ‘such conduct inherently   
   threatens the judicial process.’”   
      
   Justice Department spokesperson Anthony Coley said Wednesday   
   afternoon that Garland “continues to be briefed on security   
   matters” related to the court and justices.   
      
   “The Attorney General directed @USMarshalsHQ to help ensure the   
   Justices’ safety by providing add’l support to the Marshal of   
   the Supreme Court and Supreme Court Police,” Coley said on   
   Twitter.   
      
   Another element of the fallout continued on Capitol Hill on   
   Wednesday when the Senate once again failed to advance abortion   
   rights legislation in a 49-51 vote. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)   
   and all Republicans voted against the largely symbolic attempt   
   to codify the rights.   
      
   https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/11/gop-governors-doj-   
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