If only the Senate were able to pass abortion rights protections just as quickly as they've passed a bill granting Supreme Court justices added security.
On Monday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill that would grant Supreme Court justices added security for their family members.
The bill’s passage comes as protests have erupted across the country — including in front of justices’ homes — following suggesting that the conservative bloc majority is ready to undo the abortion protections that were established in the Court’s 1973would amend existing statutes to expand security protection to the immediate family members of justices should the Marshal of the Supreme Court deem it necessary.
In Sen. John Cornyn’s introduction of the bill, he condemned the recent protests in support of abortion rights that have taken place in public areas outside of some justices’ homes, wrongly implying that the protests have not been peaceful. “Threats to the physical safety of Supreme Court Justices and their families are disgraceful, and attempts to intimidate and influence the independence of our judiciary cannot be tolerated,”
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