 Justice John Roberts wrote the 6-3 opinion, finding that the Justice Department has wrongly applied the charge of obstructing an official proceeding to Capitol rioters. Roberts writes, to prove that the particular obstruction law has been violated, the government must tie the crime to records, documents, or objects, rather than just the violent upending of a joint session of Congress. The Justice Department notes only 52 J6 defendants have been charged with the obstruction count alone. Hundreds more have been charged with other crimes, and those convictions will stick.