Pro-abortion rights demonstrators descended on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s home in Virginia on Friday night to protest the high court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which was announced hours earlier.
Protesters showed up with signs and began chanting. Members of the crowd called the justice’s wife, Ginni, an “insurrectionist,” likely referring to her correspondence supporting efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election, and others yelled “Off with their d***s!” in response to the ruling. Clarence Thomas was one of the five justices to vote in support of overturning Roe, which ended the nationwide right to an abortion.
Roughly 30 protesters had already arrived outside the home as of 8 p.m., with a similar number of journalists. The group erupted in chants and songs, crying out “No privacy for us, no peace for you!” and “Ginni Thomas is an insurrectionist!”
One protester held a sign that read: “Thomas is a treasonous turd.”
The protest was organized online by the pro-abortion group Ruth Sent Us, which has protested regularly at justices’ homes since May when a draft of the opinion was leaked, signaling the court would overturn a nearly 50-year-old ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.
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Emails revealed as part of the Jan. 6 committee’s investigation show Ginni Thomas had pressed at least 29 lawmakers in Arizona to overturn the results of the 2020 election in favor of former President Donald Trump. After the panel announced plans to invite her to testify, the conservative activist said in a statement to the Daily Caller that she “can’t wait to clear up misconceptions,” adding, “I look forward to talking to them.”
Protest leaders encourage attendees to go to the Supreme Court building tonight and start playing music and dancing as they announce the demonstration is wrapping up. pic.twitter.com/3UcWCabT9O
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Before the sun set, protest leaders announced the demonstration was wrapping up and urged people to head to the Supreme Court.
The protest outside the Thomases’ home in Virginia is among the first of several demonstrations planned by a hodgepodge of groups including Ruth Sent Us, Our Rights D.C., and Shut Down D.C. Demonstrations are set to continue throughout the weekend at the homes of each of the justices who voted to overturn Roe, a 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide.
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“Enraged? Devastated? Pissed the f*** off?” Our Rights D.C. tweeted. “So are we.”
The other planned protests for the weekend are targeted at the homes of Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, and Neil Gorsuch.
Activists have gathered outside the homes of Supreme Court justices over the last few weeks after a draft decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked in May.
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A man was arrested outside of Kavanaugh’s home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, earlier this month and told detectives that he wanted to kill the justice, expressing that he was upset over the leak of a draft opinion indicating that the Supreme Court might overturn Roe v. Wade. Nicholas John Roske, 26, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder.
President Joe Biden later signed a bill that would give around-the-clock protection to justices. The legislation easily passed the House and Senate.
