"Judges are what they are, and where they are, for the express purpose of being influenced by logical factual arguments presented in a court of law"If any of these pickets are arrested they can certainly try the rage defense in court. The hope of influencing a judges decision never even crossed their minds. Huh? Good luck with that.
BTW -- Just to be clear, I hope Roe v Wade is not reversed, but I am appalled by the spectacle of angry mobs in front of the Court and judges homes. Mobs that are in the grasp of rage, but at least in my opinion, are obviously desirous of influencing outcomes. Judges are what they are, and where they are, for the express purpose of being influenced by logical factual arguments presented in a court of law -- not the fear that some demonstrators might burn down their home or harm them or their family. These threats, by the way, are well documented in the press and come from both the Right and the Left.
"SCOTUS justices face barrage of death threats on social media ahead of potential Roe overturn"
https://nypost.com/2022/05/19/supre...-around-the-clock-home-security-amid-threats/
The real rage needs to go to the fact that we are not truly part of that process. I have spoken at public hearings and they are a joke because two minutes is not enough time to speak about complex issues. And when comes to supreme court decisions we don't even have that. Beyond that communication needs to be a two-way process of saying something and the other person replying and the process needs to continue until there is no more to say.
I think the angry mod is totally in the wrong to violate the judges' private homes, but so is the notion that a handful of people can determine the fate of others, totally wrong.
Privacy is a serious issue and that is what Roe Versus Wade is about. We need a social agreement about the importance of privacy and that happens through education that transmits a culture.