On Monday night, a crowd of activists marched on the home of U.S. Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh protests his decision to reject a challenge in Texas ” new law allowing private citizens to sue providers who perform abortions after detecting a fetal beat.
Videos posted on Twitter by Daily call journalist Mary Margaret Olohan shows activists gathered at the local Chevy Chase park in Chevy Chase, Maryland, before heading to Kavanaugh’s home, where the journalist says the lights were on, even though it looked like no one was home.
Olohan reported that there were several police officers parked around Kavanaugh’s house. According to protesters, the protesters booed the officers, and an activist told police that, “Go do the real work, you’re just staying there.”
The protest was organized by the leftist group ShutDownDC.
An event on the group’s Facebook said, “Brett Kavanaugh: He’ll hear us live.”
He added that the group planned to use Monday’s protest to tell justice to “keep your oppressive ideology” out of our bodies “and to demand his resignation.
ShutDownDC claimed Kavanaugh’s decision was predictable and an affront to “reproductive justice.”
“Three years ago, hundreds of women, women and allies took a month of direct and bold action to prevent the Senate from confirming accused sexual predator Brett Kavanaugh in the Supreme Court,” the group said.
“We warned what would happen,” he added. “And now, in the middle of the night, Kavanaugh and four of his colleagues have effectively revoked the right to abortion. (While we have to acknowledge that the right wing had already made abortion largely inaccessible to many middle-aged and black people living in certain states.) “
The group adds: “Let’s not be fooled, what is happening with reproductive justice and abortion rights is much bigger than a person. But Kavanaugh is playing a key role and so far has been protected from any reaction. Not more.”
ShutDownDC previously protested outside the home of former Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf last year and was reportedly holding a vigil outside the home of Senator Josh Hawley in January.
The protest comes days after the Biden administration filed a lawsuit against Texas over its new abortion law.
“It’s an established constitutional law that“ a state can’t ban any woman from making the final decision to terminate a pregnancy before viability, ”but Texas has done exactly that,” the lawsuit stated.
The DOJ adds that Texas enforced its law “openly defying the Constitution.”
The controversial legislation allows any individual to sue medical providers who perform an abortion after detecting a fetal heartbeat. Plaintiffs can win up to $ 10,000 in litigation damages.