Justice of the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh was challenged by pro-abortion demonstrators last week, forcing him to smuggle out of a steakhouse in Washington, D.C.
Two weeks after he was part of the majority that overruled Roe v. Wade, Kavanaugh was eating dinner at Morton’s when demonstrators barged in and demanded the manager to eject him.
As outrage over the court’s recent rulings on abortion and gun rights continues to grow across the nation, the justice was eventually forced to escape by the back door, according to Politico’s Playbook.
The most recent attack on Kavanaugh also comes less than a month after a 22-year-old man was detained and accused of trying to kill Kavanaugh by driving from California to his Maryland home.
Honorable Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh and all of our other customers at the restaurant were unreasonably harassed by disruptive protestors while having dinner at our Morton’s restaurant, Morton’s said in a statement to Politico.
“Politics shouldn’t infringe on the freedom at play of the right to gather and have dinner, regardless of your side or ideas,” the speaker said.
“Everything has its proper place and time.” All of our clients’ dinners being disturbed was selfish and devoid of decency.
A protest group called ShutDownDC said on Twitter on Wednesday that Kavanaugh “snuck out the back with his security detail” and blasted Morton’s for “welcoming a guy who so blatantly hates women.”
In the weeks after the draft ruling overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked, protesters visited the justices’ residences and singled them out.
The nine justices of the supreme court are subject to increased security demands from members of Congress.
Although a statute extending protection to their families was signed last month, concerns remain for their safety.
By bringing a rifle, knife, and burglary tools to Kavanaugh’s house at the beginning of June, Nicholas John Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, California, prompted the most security concerns, according to law authorities.
In a trial that is due to start on August 23, he has entered a not guilty plea to the attempted murder of a federal judge.
If found guilty, a life sentence is possible.
An FBI document states that Roske travelled from California to Washington and was observed on June 8 arriving at Kavanaugh’s house in the middle of the night.
A Glock-17 pistol, two magazine clips, a speed loader, a tactical knife, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, a screwdriver, a nail punch, and a crowbar were all inside a luggage that he was carrying.
However, police claim that shortly after arriving on the site, he dialled 911 and reported having suicidal thoughts. He allegedly told the operator that he intended to kill Kavanaugh and then himself because he didn’t think he would be caught, according to police.
Following the call, Roske was quickly detained, and it is claimed that he admitted to the detectives that he was upset about the leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision, which suggested that Kavanaugh and the other conservative justices were prepared to overturn Roe V. Wade and women’s federal right to abortion.
Investigators noted that Roske told them he thought Kavanaugh would relax gun rules following the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
According to the affidavit, “Roske indicated that he started thinking about how to give his life a purpose and determined that he would kill the Supreme Court Justice.”