The big picture: The protests began after the Supreme Court’s draft abortion decision was leaked in May and have continued since the court overturned Roe v. Wade last month.
At the time, Hogan said he was “deeply concerned” that hundreds of people picketed outside the homes of some judges, according to NBC.
What they say: Protests and threatening activity at judges’ homes have increased, Superior Court Marshal Gail Curley said in a letter to Hogan and a letter to Montgomery County Executive Mark Elrich, NBC News reports.
According to Curley, 75 protesters “loudly picketed a judge’s house in Maryland for 20-30 minutes at night, then went on to picket another judge’s house for 30 minutes, where the crowd swelled to 100, and eventually returned to the first justice. home for another 20 minutes.” Maryland law prohibits assembling “in a manner that otherwise disturbs a person’s right to peace in his home,” he added. “This is exactly the type of conduct that Maryland and Montgomery County laws prohibit,” Curley wrote.
Flashback: Nicholas John Roske was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly told detectives he traveled from California to Maryland with the intention of killing Judge Brett Cavanaugh.
Law enforcement found a black tactical vest and tactical knife, a handgun with two magazines and ammunition, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail, crow bar, pistol light, duct tape and padded hiking boots on the outside of the of soles in Roske’s backpack. Roske reportedly told detectives he was upset about the leak of a draft Supreme Court decision that would have overturned Roe v. Wade and the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting.
