After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, pro-abortion activist groups are continuing a shouting campaign outside the residences of the court’s conservative justices.
In a historically unprecedented leak, someone released the court’s decision several weeks before the ruling was announced. In response, activists published the home locations of the six conservative members of the high court.
Since then, these justices have seen protesters gather where they live. Some neighbors said they hoped activists would end the campaigning after the court’s final decision.
They haven’t yet.
Just the Beginning
Some activists have previously said that the protests outside the houses of justices aren’t about encouraging change.So far, the protests outside the homes have ranged from 15 to 150 people. However, on average, between 15 and 30 demonstrators take part in the protests.
For about an hour at a time, they walk down the street, screaming obscenities, shouting the justice’s name, chanting protest slogans, and waving signs.
Pro-abortion activist groups SCOTUS6, Shut Down DC, Whatever It Takes, Ruth Sent Us, and Downright Impolite organize these events five days a week. While angry and loud, the protesters have been peaceful.
According to local police, as long as the demonstrators march in circles outside the home of a judge, they aren’t technically “picketing” it.
Safety Fears
Even after the verdict, activists have continued to publicize the locations of the conservative Supreme Court justices’ homes.A Reddit post revealing the justices’ addresses has more than 27,000 views. Some comments responding to the post threatened violence.
The company’s content policy reads that users must “respect the privacy of others.”
“Instigating harassment, for example by revealing someone’s personal or confidential information, is not allowed,” the policy reads.
Ruth Sent Us published the neighborhoods of justices on Twitter, receiving 51 retweets. Twitter’s official policy prohibits doxxing as well.
However, Reddit and Twitter haven’t yet removed the posts.
The man “began thinking about how to give his life purpose and decided that he would kill the Supreme Court justice after finding the justice’s Montgomery County address on the internet,” according to court documents.
After the ruling on Roe, pro-abortion extremist group Jane’s Revenge published a statement that threatened murder.
“We support a diversity of tactics and we will not step down in this fight.”