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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The Supreme Court sided with a January 6th rioter Friday.  The court’s ruling reins in the Justice Department’s ability to charge individuals who stormed the Capitol with obstruction.

The ruling now forces the DOJ to re-evaluate pending charges.

Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who calls January 6th rioters patriots, is applauding the Supreme Court.

“The Supreme Court got this right,” Greene said.

The justices ruled the Department of Justice went too far when it charged rioters with trying to obstruct an official proceeding.

“They will have something on their side finally in their defense against this Justice Department that’s persecuting its political enemies,” said Greene.

In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the DOJ must prove January 6th defendants charged with obstruction tried to tamper with or destroy documents.

The decision, brought forward by a former police officer who stormed the Capitol, was not split down ideological lines.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sided with the majority while Justice Amy Coney Barrett, in the minority, defended the obstruction charge writing ” The riot forced Congress to suspend the proceeding, delaying it for several hours.”

Attorney General Merrick Garland calls the ruling disappointing but is promising to comply.

In a statement, he says the decision will not impact the vast majority of the more than 1400 January 6th defendants.

George Washington law professor Paul Schiff Berman says that includes former president Donald Trump.

“The prosecution that Jack Smith is pursuing against him in Washington D.C. alleges a bunch of other criminal charges which would not be effected by the decision today,’ said Schiff Berman.