{"id":444970,"date":"2022-05-11T03:35:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T00:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/psaki-defends-peaceful-abortion-rallies-at-justices-homes\/"},"modified":"2022-05-11T03:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T00:35:49","slug":"psaki-defends-peaceful-abortion-rallies-at-justices-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/psaki-defends-peaceful-abortion-rallies-at-justices-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"#Psaki defends &#8216;peaceful&#8217; abortion rallies at justices&#8217; homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4164ca2d011\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4164ca2d011\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/psaki-defends-peaceful-abortion-rallies-at-justices-homes\/#%E2%80%9CPsaki_defends_%E2%80%98peaceful_abortion_rallies_at_justices_homes%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Psaki defends &#8216;peaceful&#8217; abortion rallies at justices&#8217; homes&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPsaki_defends_%E2%80%98peaceful_abortion_rallies_at_justices_homes%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Psaki defends &#8216;peaceful&#8217; abortion rallies at justices&#8217; homes&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday defended protests outside the suburban homes of conservative Supreme Court justices as \u201cpeaceful to date\u201d  \u2014 despite the fact that more of the potentially illegal rallies are planned Wednesday to pressure the judges to abandon a draft anti-abortion rights ruling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president\u2019s longstanding view has been that violent threats and intimidation of any kind have no place in political discourse. And we believe of course in peaceful protests,\u201d Psaki said at her daily press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I know that there\u2019s an outrage right now, I guess, about protests that have been peaceful to date,\u201d Psaki later added. \u201cAnd we certainly continue to encourage that outside of judges\u2019 homes and that\u2019s the president\u2019s position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki also wagged a finger at Republicans, saying the GOP voices calling out demonstrators were silent \u201cfor years on protests that have h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened outside the homes of school board members\u201d and outside the home of the Michigan secretary of state. She also invoked last year\u2019s Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe silence is pretty deafening about all the other intimidation that we\u2019ve seen to a number of people,\u201d the press secretary said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/jen-psaki-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"White House press secretary Jen Psaki\" class=\"wp-image-22217679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/jen-psaki-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/jen-psaki-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/jen-psaki-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>White House press secretary Jen Psaki insists pro-choice protesters rallying in front of Supreme Court justices\u2019 homes are \u201cpeaceful.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But while Psaki kept repeating the lack of violence thus far at the various demonstrations held outside the homes of Justices Samuel Alito, John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh, their legality has more to do with pressuring sitting judges to sway their opinions.<\/p>\n<p>One section of federal law \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/USCODE-2010-title18\/html\/USCODE-2010-title18-partI-chap73-sec1507.htm\">18 U.S.C. 1507<\/a> \u2013 states that anyone who has the intent of \u201cinterfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing any judge, juror, witness, or court officer\u201d and pickets or parades in or near a court building or residence \u201coccupied or used by such judge, juror, witness or court officer\u201d will face a fine or imprisonment of one year.<\/p>\n<p>The law also applies to a person who uses sound trucks or similar devices \u201cor resorts to any other demonstration in or near such building or residence.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"US Capitol police officers apprehend a pro-choice protester attempting to throw chocolate milk at a pro-life activist outside the Supreme Court on May 8, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22217675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>US Capitol police officers apprehend a pro-choice protester attempting to throw chocolate milk at a pro-life activist outside the Supreme Court on May 8, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice have not publicly commented on the matter and did not respond to The Post\u2019s inquiry on whether it is monitoring these recent demonstrations and whether the Department considers them to be in violation of the law.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, several potentially large protests are scheduled for later this week \u2013 including \u201cwalk-bys\u201d outside the homes of all six conservative justices hosted by the pro-abortion organization Ruth Sent Us on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the past two years, large political rallies in DC frequently devolved into mayhem. Anti-police protests in 2020 morphed into nights of citywide destruction, including an attempt to torch the headquarters of the AFL-CIO union for representing police. In 2021, a crowd of then-President Donald Trump\u2019s supporters stormed the Capitol, attacking police and journalists and vandalizing the historic building to halt certification of President Biden\u2019s election victory. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/jen-psaki-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 10, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22217678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/jen-psaki-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/jen-psaki-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/jen-psaki-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>White House press secretary Jen Psaki argued Republicans should be more concerned about right-wing activists.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-01-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"US Capitol police officers apprehend a pro-choice protester attempting to throw chocolate milk at a pro-life activist outside the Supreme Court on May 8, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22217674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Attorney General Merrick Garland has not responded to any planned protests outside Supreme Court justices\u2019 homes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Authorities in DC put up tall anti-riot fencing outside the Supreme Court following the unprecedented leak of the draft abortion ruling, which would allow states to set their own policies on abortion after a half-century of federally guaranteed access to the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Alito, the author of the draft ruling, reportedly is in hiding with his family. It\u2019s unclear if other justices remain at home.<\/p>\n<p>DC-area activists have targeted private homes in the past. Left-wing protesters in 2018 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2018\/11\/08\/mob-tucker-carlsons-home-antifa-break-door-chant-fox-host\/1927868002\/\">broke the front door <\/a>to Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> host Tucker Carlson\u2019s house and allegedly were recorded discussing a pipe bomb.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Michelle Peterson, of Silver Spring, Md., protests outside of the Supreme Court, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, which is lined with anti-scaling fencing in Washington.\" class=\"wp-image-22217676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Republicans have accused pro-choice protestors of attempting to intimidate the Supreme Court.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The potential status change in abortion rights unleashed indignation from thousands of protesters across the country, as well as from Democrats and some centrist Republicans in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The abortion debate resulted in violence previously, including the murders of health care workers.<\/p>\n<p>The protests come in response to a draft Supreme Court opinion leaked last week that indicated the court intends to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion ruling.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington.\" class=\"wp-image-22217677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/abortion-protest-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pro-choice activists continue to protest outside the Supreme Court.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Monday, Psaki reiterated on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> that the White House is not in support of any protests that include violence, threats or vandalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudges perform an incredibly important function in our society, and they must be able to do their jobs without concern for their personal safety,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1523649143951962115\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the White House has not discouraged protesters from <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing to the justices\u2019 homes.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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