• The chief security officer for the U.S. Supreme Court has asked Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to enforce rules against picketing outside the Maryland 
• “In a letter to Hogan dated July 1, Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley requested the action, pointing out that Maryland law forbids people from assembling 
• Curley also mentioned that for weeks, demonstrators had been using bullhorns, chanting, and drumming.

The chief security officer for the U.S. Supreme Court has asked Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to enforce rules against picketing outside the Maryland residences of high court justices, citing an uptick in protests and “threatening activities.”

In a letter to Hogan dated July 1, Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley requested the action, pointing out that Maryland law forbids people from assembling “in a way that disturbs a person’s right to serenity in the person’s home.”

According to a copy of the letter posted on the Fox News website, Curley wrote to Hogan, “I am writing to request that the Maryland State Police, in conjunction with local authorities as appropriate, enforce laws prohibiting picketing outside the homes of Supreme Court justices who live in Maryland.”

After a draught opinion indicating the court would reverse Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling guaranteeing women the right to an abortion, was leaked in May, pro-abortion activists started holding demonstrations outside the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Samuel Alito Jr. in Maryland and Virginia, respectively.

Last month, the court announced a decision that accomplished this.

The governor was informed by Curley that he expressed “great concern” about picketing outside justices’ houses in his state back in May. Hogan made the remarks in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland that he co-wrote with Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin to request enforcement of a federal law prohibiting protests meant to influence courts over active cases.

Curley informed Hogan that since then, “protest activity at Justices’ homes, as well as threatening activities, has only intensified.” Curley also mentioned that for weeks, demonstrators had been using bullhorns, chanting, and drumming.

The letter also mentioned “an attempt on a Justice’s life,” which is likely a reference to the California man who was detained last month near Kavanaugh’s house while carrying a firearm, a knife, and pepper spray.

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