The letter to Hogan by Colonel Gail A. Curley stated, “You recently stated that you were ‘seriously concerned’ that ‘hundreds of protesters have recently been protesting Supreme Court justices in their homes in Maryland’ chose to give.” “Since then, protest activity in Justice’s homes, as well as intimidation activity, has only increased.”
The letters, dated Friday and issued to reporters by the court’s spokesperson on Saturday, refer to the protests that took place “by the end of the week”.
According to Curley, “large groups of protesters” have “picked up” judges’ homes in Maryland, “raising slogans, using bullhorns, and playing drums.”
“This is exactly the kind of conduct that Maryland and Montgomery County laws prohibit,” Curley wrote, calling on Hogan to instruct the Maryland State Police and asking Elric to enforce the laws without delay to Montgomery County Police. asked to give instructions.
The letters were sent by the court after a blockbuster period ended.
After the draft opinion leaked in May, the Department of Homeland Security issued a memo warning law enforcement that there are potential threats to members of the Supreme Court and that court police have seen a significant increase in threats of violence on social media, some Investigating with encouragement.
Garland said he met with Supreme Court marshals, the FBI and others “to make sure we are assessing all potential threats and providing all available resources.”
Following the arrest near Kavanaugh’s home, Hogan said in a statement that the judges’ homes had been “high security” since May.
“It is vital to our constitutional system that judges are able to perform their duties without fear of violence against themselves and their families,” Hogan said. “We will continue to partner with both federal and local law enforcement officials to help keep these residential areas safe.”
Maryland law prohibits one person from “intentionally(ing) assembling with another in a manner that impairs the person’s right to peace in the household.”
Under the Montgomery County Ordinance, an individual or group must “not picket in front of or near any private residence” but a group may be allowed to march in a residential area “without stopping at any particular private residence”. can. Picketing is defined as “to post at a particular place to convey a message to a person or persons”.
In a minute, Montgomery County police chief, Marcus Jones, told CNN that “there are state and local laws that pertain to the protest.”
Jones said of the rules for protesters, “They are allowed to be in the neighborhood, but they must walk constantly, they cannot stand in front of neighborhoods especially with signs and bull horns and shout at residents. ” “They shouldn’t block sidewalks, and they shouldn’t block roads.”
“If they violate any of these … special rules, we will arrest them,” he said.
CNN has reached out to the offices of Hogan and Elric for comment.
Correction: A previous version of this story misspelled Montgomery County Executive Mark Elrich’s first name.
This story has been updated.