Conservative SCOTUS Justices: Why isn't DOJ treating Dobbs protesters like January 6 attackers?

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Conservative SCOTUS Justices: Why isn't DOJ treating Dobbs protesters like January 6 attackers?

Conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned the Justice Department’s use of a 2002 statute against obstructing an official proceeding to prosecute a number of people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. In pressing Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar on how broadly the DOJ can apply the law, several justices offered similar hypotheticals. “Would a heckler in today’s audience qualify?” Justice Neil Gorsuch asked. “Why has …