The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade and the future of abortions in the U.S. has sparked protests outside of SCOTUS justices' homes.
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The furor over a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn the landmark abortion decision Roe v. Wade caused another political uproar days later when protesters took the unprecedented step of marching to justices' houses holding signs and chanting.
Republicans argued the protests threatened “mob rule” and were potentially illegal by aiming to influence the justices. Some Democrats have cheered the protests, but others condemned vigils held outside justices’ homes as “outrageous” and no way to plead the case.
The protests outside the justices' homes in the Washington, D.C., area sparked tighter security and threatened the judicial branch with the same heightened polarization that is roiling Congress and the White House. They provoked a backlash from Republicans, put some Democrats on the defensive and worried experts who said the leak already threatened the legitimacy of the court by revealing how decisions are crafted and changed.
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