North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge for Publishing Supreme Court Justice’s Home Address

Appeared in federal court on May 6, 2026, and pleaded guilty to a doxxing charge for posting online the home address of a United States Supreme Court Justice with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite a crime of violence against the Justice. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced the plea.

Frequently used a publicly accessible online social media account from April through June 2026 to post comments critical of certain United States Supreme Court Justices. Many of Edwards' posts from April through June 2026 were threatening in nature or responses to threatening comments made by other users.

" The doxxing incident occurred on April 8, 2025, when Edwards used his social media account to post the correct home address of a United States Supreme Court Justice.

On the same day, he posted partial or historical information about the neighborhoods or former home addresses of two other United States Supreme Court Justices. " Court documents show that Edwards posted these comments publicly on his own social media account and within conversations in which some other posters were also making similar threats.

" The relevant federal statute forbids publishing such home addresses with the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence against that covered person, or a member of the immediate family of that covered person.

Such a statute, properly interpreted, would likely fit within the First Amendment exceptions for threats, incitement, or solicitation. Whether the law can generally bar publishing the home addresses of government officials remains an unsettled and difficult question.