A leaked Supreme Court decision drove protesters to justices’ homes. Congress is trying to pass a law to provide security for justices’ families.
- Protests erupted at the Supreme Court and homes of justices after draft abortion ruling leaked.
- The protests come at a time when threats against judges nearly quadrupled in five years.
- Biden fine with peaceful demonstrations, but lawmakers blast protests outside homes.
WASHINGTON – The furor over a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the landmark abortion decision Roe v. Wade caused another political uproar days later when protesters took the unprecedented step of marching to justices’ houses holding signs and chanting.
Republicans argued the protests threatened “mob rule” and were potentially illegal by aiming to influence the justices. Some Democrats have cheered the protests, but others condemned vigils held outside justices’ homes as “outrageous” and no way to plead the case.
