Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) pressed a top Justice Department official during an Aug. 3 Senate hearing to punish protesters, under federal law, who demonstrated at Supreme Court justices’ homes in the past months.
It came after hundreds of activists had protested at justices’ publicized homes since a draft opinion of the ruling that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade, which had legalized abortion nationwide since 1973, was leaked in May.
“Night after night after night, these protesters committed federal crimes on national television. Why has the Justice Department refused to enforce 18 U.S.C. § 1507?” Cruz questioned Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr. during a Judiciary Committee hearing this Wednesday….