 The law was passed as part of the post-Enron financial reforms, and Chief Justice John Roberts writes, convictions under it must be tied to records, documents, or objects used in a proceeding rather than the mere obstruction of the proceeding itself. Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the dissent, saying the 6-3 majority has done textual backflips, adding the application of the law to a Capitol rioter seemed to her open and shut.