Brett Kavanaugh shunned out of Morton's Steakhouse by protestors in DC
July 18, 2022Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh fled from a Morton’s Steakhouse in the nation’s Capitol after protestors gathered outside to demonstrate their disapproval of his vote to overturn the long standing landmark case of Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh fled from a Morton’s Steakhouse in the nation’s Capitol after protestors gathered outside to demonstrate their disapproval of his vote to overturn the long standing landmark case of Roe v. Wade.
Wednesday night, Kavanaugh was dining at the Morton’s Steakhouse in downtown D.C. when the congregating protestors demanded that the steakhouse manager kick Kavanaugh out. Shortly after, the Supreme Court Justice snuck out the back door.
The Supreme Court sided with Westboro Baptist’s right to protest outside of places where funerals were taking place. I have no sympathy for Kavanaugh having his dinner slightly inconvenienced.
— MaggieMay (@wavydazemaze) July 9, 2022
A Morton’s representative said in a statement, “Honorable Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh and all of our other patrons at the restaurant were unduly harassed by unruly protestors while eating dinner at our Morton’s restaurant.”
The statement continued, “Politics, regardless of your side or views, should not trample the freedom at play of the right to congregate and eat dinner. There is a time and place for everything. Disturbing the dinner of all of our customers was an act of selfishness and void of decency.”
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— Rose PArsons (@lilstuffParsons) July 8, 2022
Kavanaugh left Morton's, a steak house, by a back door when protestors showed up, according to Politico.
Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary replied to questions about the incident by Fox News’ Peter Doocy by saying, “We condemn any intimidation of the judges. We condemn any violence.” She also added that “peaceful protests” were another story and that “people should be allowed to be able to do that… this is what democracy is.”
The incident went viral on social media sparking heated debate. Some people argued that pestering Supreme Court Justices while they dine will do nothing to reinstate the constitutional protection of abortion rights.
Others argued that the protest did more harm to other diners in the restaurant than it did to Kavanaugh.
One recurring argument is that the Constitution contains no specific language protecting the rights of citizens to dine in peace, a snarky reference to the argument used by the Supreme Court to justify its decision to reverse Roe v Wade. Alexandra Petri, a columnist for the Washington Post wrote on this that the “right to congregate and eat dinner is actually not to be found anywhere in the Constitution.”
It’s absolutely ridiculous that people can aggressively protest outside an abortion clinic but Brett Kavanaugh gets to claim steaktuary at a Morton’s like it’s some kind of embassy for judges.
— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) July 8, 2022
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