Supreme Court marshal asked Maryland and Virginia governors to protect justices

The marshal of the Supreme Court has asked Maryland and Virginia officials to direct law enforcement to enforce state and county laws prohibiting picketing outside the homes of Supreme Court justices, according to letters obtained by CNN.

Col. Gail A Curley sent letters to Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Democrat Marc Elrich, the county executive of Montgomery County, and Democrat Jeffrey McKay, Fairfax County board of supervisors’ chairman.

The letters, released by a court spokesperson on Saturday to reporters and sent as the court ended a blockbuster term which saw historic decisions on guns, abortion and climate, refer to protests that have taken place “for weeks on end.” Curley called in the letters for the officials to direct police to enforce the laws.

According to Curley, “large groups of protesters” have “picketed” justices’ homes in Maryland and Virginia, “chanting slogans, using bullhorns, and banging drums.”

“You recently stated that you were ‘deeply concerned’ that ‘hundreds of demonstrators have recently chosen to picket Supreme Court Justices at their homes in … Maryland,’” the letter to Hogan by Curley said. “Since then, protest activity at the Justices’ homes, as well as threatening activity, has only increased.”

In her letters to Maryland officials, Curley cited the June arrest near Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home in the state of a man who was later charged by the Justice Department with attempting or threatening to kidnap or murder a US judge. The man had been armed, according to the FBI. Several Supreme Court justices live in Maryland and Virginia.

Elrich said in a statement Saturday his office had not received the letter and only learned about it in news reports. Elrich called the public release of the letter “troubling,” saying public discussion of security matters “is counterproductive, and using the media only further draws attention to the security of the Justices’ homes and neighborhoods.”

Elrich continued, “Quite frankly, discussing security concerns publicly is irresponsible and disappointing behavior.”

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