For the protesters chanting loudly outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home, incivility was the point. They said they wanted to impinge on his privacy with picket signs and chants to condemn the Supreme Court justice's apparent support for ending the constitutional right to privacy that guaranteed access to abortion nearly 50 years ago
Demonstrators march to Justice Samuel Alito’s home for a candlelight vigil as part of an abortion rights protest, in Alexandria, Va., May 9, 2022. The demonstrations outside Supreme Court justices’ homes have sparked a debate over what counts as appropriate forms of protest in a deeply polarized country. Image: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
WASHINGTON — For the protesters chanting loudly outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home, incivility was the point.
They said they wanted to impinge on his privacy with picket signs and chants of “We will not go back!” to condemn the Supreme Court justice’s apparent support for ending the constitutional right to privacy that has guaranteed access to abortion since Roe v. Wade was decided nearly 50 years ago.
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