The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project is suing the Justice Department for communications related to the department's failure to apply federal law against far-left protests at the Supreme Court Justices' homes.
Since June 17, 2022, the Oversight Project has filed multiple FOIA requests seeking records related to the enforcement of 18 U.S.C. 1507 and protests at Supreme Court justices' private residences.
Oversight's requests include all records related to "18 U.S.C. 1507 and protests, picketing, parades, demonstrations, occupations, sit-ins, or any other form of protest at the residences of the Chief Justice of the United States or the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States."
These groups of far-left activists, which include individuals such as Sadie Kuhns, Melissa Barlow, Nikki Enfield, and Nadine Seiler, have been protesting at the homes of the Supreme Court justices since the May leak of the draft opinion indicating that Roe v. Wade would soon be overturned.
That unprecedented leak, which sparked protests throughout the country, attacks on scores of pro-life centers and faith-based institutions nationwide, and even an assassination attempt against Justice Brett Kavanaugh, made the justices "Targets for assassination," according to Justice Samuel Alito.
In early March, the Supreme Court asked Congress to increase funding to help protect the justices: the court's budget request asks for $5,897,000 for the "Expansion of protective activities" and a separate increase of $585,000 for new IT security positions in "Cybersecurity, software development, and network engineering."
"This request would expand security activities conducted by Supreme Court Police to protect the Justices," the protective activities request says, before specifically citing the presence of threats to the justices.
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