Bernstein: I wouldn't 'overestimate' importance of Jan. 6 rioters case in Supreme Court

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Published 2024-04-17
Veteran Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein weighs in on the Supreme Court’s conservative majority indicating that it may toss out a charge prosecutors have lodged against hundreds of people who took part in the January 6, 2021, riot on the US Capitol, a decision that could force the Justice Department to reopen some of those cases.
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All Comments (21)
  • @davidabbott1951
    Thomas should have recused himself. His wife is directly involved in the case at hand.
  • @Steve.Dennis
    Every hypothetical uttered by the Justices in this clip focussed on the *act that might cause obstruction, while ignoring the *intent of the act. If the intent is clearly to stop an official proceeding, not just protest it, then it should be prosecuted under that law as a crime.
  • @mw354
    The Supreme Court certainly isn’t there for the average American. It’s become so politicized it lost its credibility.
  • @kcw1879
    If this happens, kiss our democracy goodbye.
  • This purchased Supreme Court continues to embarrass itself on key issues. The people that broken into the capital shouldn't be punished at all for their crimes if this Court has its way. It's a sad day for the court system.
  • @massonh7476
    In the Netherlands … we don’t vote for a rapist. 🤷‍♂️
  • @jlvandat69
    2:20 All examples suggested by Gorsuch are non-violent actions that do not result in personal injury or property damage. It's another reach by a MAGA to normalize criminal acts against democracy. His questions are an insult to the Law and the nation.
  • Breaking windows to get into the Capitol is breaking and entering while it was locked up, and they forcefully broke through a Capitol police barricade with officers there to prevent any entrance by anyone, was against the law!
  • @Lea4holidays
    How are Americans supposed to believe that the supreme court is fair? Comparing insurrection with hecklers is like comparing murder to getting a parking ticket!
  • If what they did that day is harmless, then everything is fair game. Laws mean nothing, if one side can just ignore them when they please.
  • @jpan7071
    Vote. Vote. Vote. As if your life depends on it. Because it does.
  • @Joe-ij6of
    Those counter examples given by the Supreme Court weren’t very convincing. All of those examples were things that are done in the lead up to a decision where you hope to influence a decision or election to your preferred outcome. For 1/6, the election has already happened in Nov… too late. If their goal was first amendment speech to influence an election, the time to do so was before the election; to do so on 1/6 isn’t to express yourself and convince people in an election, it is to deliberately undermine the election.
  • @warrinbang1191
    Actually this obstruction was about documents. That's why the clerks fled with the boxes containing each state's electoral votes. Without those electoral documents they could not have proceeded.
  • Any of these people could have left the property. They were there to stop the certification! Period. Own it.
  • @vonDorndorf
    Nixon: the president who became a swindler Trump: the swindler who became president
  • @XX-qd6ke
    "We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests." - FDR