During a recent Supreme Court session, the three liberal justices appeared to be leaning towards supporting the Justice Department's argument that the federal obstruction law in question is broad enough to encompass the actions of the rioters on January 6, 2021.
Justice Elena Kagan pointed out that while Congress could have restricted the law to cover only evidence tampering, the current wording of the law does not limit it in that way. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson also seemed to be in agreement, emphasizing a textualist approach to interpreting the law based on its plain language.
