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US Supreme Court raises bar for obstruction charges, siding with Jan. 6 rioters
France 24 via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 days agoThe US Supreme Court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling that had enabled prosecutors to...
Barrett breaks with conservatives over Jan. 6 obstruction charge ruling
The Hill via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 days agoIn a pointed dissent, Justice Amy Coney Barrett skewered her fellow justices over their decision to...
Over 300 Jan. 6 riot convictions now in peril after Supreme Court rules on obstruction charge
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 days agoFederal prosecutors invoked a law that is usually reserved in white-collar crimes, as they relate to...
Factbox-What the US Supreme Court's obstruction ruling means for Jan. 6 riot cases
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 days agoA federal judge shortly after the ruling ordered the re-sentencing of one man found guilty of that...
Supreme Court Upends Hundreds of Capitol Riot Cases
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 days agoThe Supreme Court has upended hundreds of prosecutions related to the Capitol riot—including one of former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases—by...
Supreme Court throws out obstruction charges lodged against hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 days agoThe Supreme Court undercuts the most serious charges against Trump supporters who in the Jan. 6 riot...
Supreme Court rules in favor of Jan. 6 rioters in obstruction case
The Hill via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 days agoThe Supreme Court ruled Friday that an obstruction law used to charge scores of Jan. 6 rioters and...
Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 days agoThe justices ruled 6-3 that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding, enacted in 2002 in...