@julie_kelly2..SCOTUS requested a response from DOJ...If SCOTUS grants [J6] cert on this--and reverses..what a rebuke both decisions will represent to DOJ and DC federal courts.
As Josh Gerstein just reported at Politico, SCOTUS requested a response from DOJ in petition for writ of cert filed by Russell Alford, convicted by a DC jury of 4 misdemeanors for J6.
This doesn't mean SCOTUS will take up the case but it does mean they want some answers.
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I mean, this is pretty surprising since it relates to a very common J6 misdemeanor.
US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar--who defended DOJ in 1512c2 SCOTUS hearing last week--told the court the govt won't file a response to Alford's petition unless SCOTUS requested one.
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Keep in mind--the DC Circuit seems to be delaying what likely will be a reversal of DC district court interpretation of another 1752 trespassing misdemeanor. Oral arguments in appeal of Couy Griffin's 1752 conviction were heard on Dec 4--no ruling posted yet.
If SCOTUS grants cert on this--and reverses 1512c2 in the meantime--it's hard to describe what a rebuke both decisions will represent to DOJ and DC federal courts.
And the courts have not even considered seditious conspiracy charges/convictions or terror sentencing enhancements appeals yet....
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