First Two Jan. 6 Appeals Reach Supreme Court

Court to decide whether to accept appeals in two key cases that could impact hundreds of other Jan. 6 cases.

The Supreme Court is reflected in a puddle in Washington on April 5, 2022. STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court has set a conference for Dec. 1 on whether to accept two key Jan. 6 case appeals—one involving a federal agent who carried his firearm at the U.S. Capitol and the other on the Department of Justice’s controversial use of evidence-tampering law to prosecute Jan. 6 defendants for felony obstruction of Congress.

Edward Jacob Lang (FBI court filing).