A January 6 protester who spent seven months in prison is asking the Supreme Court to reverse the “parading and picketing” charge that DC prosecutors convicted him of. 57-year-old John Nassif believes the parading charge was wrongly leveled against him and wants it overturned on a matter of legal principle. If the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case, it could impact more than 400 additional peaceful January 6 protesters being held as political prisoners by the Biden regime.
Nassif’s lawyers argue that the federal statute against parading and picketing is so vague that it can’t apply to anyone. A US District Court judge and the DC appeals court both disagreed, so they’re now trying to get the Supreme Court to hear the appeal.
The courts have ruled that the US Capitol is a “non-public forum” and therefore the parading and picketing charge applies to Nassif. However, Nassif never went into the Capitol building on January 6. He went into the Capitol Rotunda, which is considered a “public forum.” Because it’s a public forum, it doesn’t appear that the parading statute can be applied to him.
The parading and picketing charge is the most common one that has been applied to the 1,450 (and counting) peaceful protesters that Joe Biden had arrested. A total of 460 protesters have been charged with it.
This also highlights the absurd political nature of all the January 6 prosecutions. Not a single person has been charged with “insurrection” or anything vaguely related to trying to overthrow the government. The best legal argument that prosecutors have been able to come up with is that protesters paraded and picketed in a non-public building. Misdemeanor trespassing, in other words.
The Supreme Court has not decided yet whether it will take up Nassif’s appeal.
