{"id":1518732,"date":"2022-06-16T10:49:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T14:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1518732"},"modified":"2022-06-16T10:49:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T14:49:42","slug":"proposed-youngkin-amendment-would-make-it-a-felony-to-protest-outside-a-justices-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proposed-youngkin-amendment-would-make-it-a-felony-to-protest-outside-a-justices-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Youngkin Amendment Would Make It A Felony To Protest Outside A Justice\u2019s Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fproposed-youngkin-amendment-would-make-it-a-felony-to-protest-outside-a-justices-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1518732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>More than a week after authorities apprehended a man near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s home claiming he wanted to kill the justice, Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin has introduced a budget amendment that would make it a felony to protest outside of a judge or justice\u2019s home with the intent of influencing or intimidating that justice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?222+amd+HB30AG\">Amendment 35<\/a> on felonious picketing and demonstrations \u201ccreates a Class 6 felony for picketing or demonstrating in or near a court or residence with the intent\u00a0of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing or intimidating in the discharge of his or her duty any judge, juror, witness, court officer, or court employee, or any immediate family member of such individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after the governor faced strong calls to discipline protestors who demonstrated outside the homes of Supreme Court justices who live in Virginia, such as Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Amy Coney Barrett.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also introduced a companion amendment that would provide funding for the \u201cpotential increase in prison bed space associated with creating a new felony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am asking that the General Assembly help keep our state and federal judges safe,\u201d Youngkin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/2022\/june\/name-934779-en.html\">said in a statement<\/a> announcing the budget amendments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the hard work of leaders in the House and Senate for presenting a budget to me that delivers key priorities for the Commonwealth, these amendments build on that and further our goal to make Virginia the best place to live, work and raise a family,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Governor Youngkin\u2019s Budget Amendments make for a fascinating read\u2026<\/p>\n<p>One creates a Class 6 felony for protesting or picketing in front of a courthouse or residence of a judge\/court employee or their family.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s as if \u2013 in Youngkin-land \u2013 the 1st Amendment doesn\u2019t exist\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alfonso Lopez (@Lopez4VA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lopez4VA\/status\/1537205184119595008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Critics pointed out that the proposed amendment would also make it a felony to protest near a court with the intent to influence or intimidate the justices. Youngkin\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s as if \u2013 in Youngkin-land \u2013 the 1st Amendment doesn\u2019t exist\u2026\u201d tweeted Democratic Virginia state Rep. Alfonso Lopez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a week after authorities apprehended a man near Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s home claiming he wanted to kill the justice, Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin has introduced a budget amendment that would make it a felony to protest outside of a judge or justice\u2019s home with the intent of influencing or intimidating &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":1518830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1518732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1518732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1518830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1518732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1518732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1518732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}