Massive fence erected around Supreme Court building and justice cancels public event amid protests – By Tyler O’Neil (FOX News) / May 5, 2022
Fence suggests authorities may be concerned about threats to the court or to justices following the leaked Roe v. Wade draft opinion
Workers erected a large fence around the U.S. Supreme Court building late Wednesday night, two days after Politico published a leaked draft opinion striking down the abortion precedent Roe v. Wade (1973). The same night, Justice Samuel Alito, the author of the draft, canceled a public appearance.
Work crews erected “tall, non-scalable fencing” around the Court, as Fox 5’s Lindsay Watts put it.
Alito scrapped plans to participate in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals judicial conference, which is slated to begin Thursday. He canceled the appearance for reasons that have not been disclosed, Reuters reported. Alito is tasked with reviewing emergency appeals from the 5th Circuit.
Alito’s colleagues, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas, were slated to give remarks at a similar conference for the 11th Circuit Thursday and Friday, according to a program Reuters acquired. It remains unclear if they will still appear.
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