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SCOTUS dumps Roe, legalizes abortion bans as pro-choice advocates confront theocrats outside

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 12:21

Friday, the 24th of June was an ugly day at the Supreme Court. While the so-called "Justices" inside overturned Roe v Wade and warned Gay marriage and contraception are next, pro and antichoice crowds duked it out with bullhorns outside. At one point, a swarm of bike cops essentially kettled both sides together although not making arrests. Just before the decision was announced they withdrew in a big hurry.

Update 6-25 night: Protesters march on Gorsuch's private community day after Dobbs decision

Update 6-25: Continuous protest at SCOTUS like early days at BLM Plaza-minus the police violence

Update 6-24 night: Video-a black bloc takes to the streets, answering the call to a Night of Rage over Dobbs 2 min

Video-the scrum outside the Supreme Court-and the nonarrest kettle of BOTH sides together 2 min 44 sec

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Legal or not, abortion will continue

Amy Coney Barrett gets home demo night before Dobbs decision is expected

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 06/24/2022 - 00:26

On the 23ed of June, all speculation was that the Supreme Court's Dobbs (abortion) decision would be released the next day, as SCOTUS had added a very unusual Friday "opinion day" to their calendar. On the evening before that Friday, protesters once again returned to the home of SCOTUS "Justice" and People of Praise Handmaid Amy Coney Barrett.

Video-marchers near Amy Coney Barrett's VA home 1 min

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Storm clouds loom in the sky as marchers proceed

Anti-Trans "Astro-Terf" event w Christian groups draw disruptive counterprotest

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 13:38

On the 23ed of June, a mishmash of right-wing groups including Concerned Women for America(CWA), the Family Research Council (FRC), and other hate groups held an "our bodies, our sports" event supposely representing cisgender female athletes opposing trans women in women's sports. Nobody there looked very athletic. Counterprotester with all possible noisemakers disrupted the event with whistles, drums, bullhorns in siren mode, and more.

Video-disrupting the anti-trans hatefest with noisemakers 44 sec

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Trans flag flies as team to left of photographer disrupts the "astro-TERF" anti-Trans event

Protesters face off outside as SCOTUS releases more decisions, no Dobbs today

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 13:17

On the 23ed of June, the Supreme Court released five more decisions including the long-expected overturning of New York's restrictive concealed carry gun laws. As expected, the highly incendiary Dobbs (abortion) decision was NOT released with more business yet to go. As decisions dropped, pro and antichoice protesters duked it out outside, with bike cops separating most of them

Video-facing off outside the Supreme Court and its fortifications 45 sec

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Bike cops separate fundamentalist Christian protesters from pro-choice activists. This was VERY loud

Kavanaugh, Roberts get home demos days before observers expect Dobbs decision

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 06/22/2022 - 23:58

Just two days before what many expect to be a Friday release of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision to overturn Roe, protesters returned to the homes of Kavanaugh and Roberts. Kavanaugh was singled out as a drunken rapist as well as being notoriously antichoice.

Video of the protests at Kavanaugh and Roberts' houses 2 min

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At Kavanaugh's house

Scrum over right to choose at SCOTUS as 5 more opinions (but no Dobbs) released

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 06/21/2022 - 17:17

On the 21st of June, so-called "Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising" (PAAU) fetus-stealing antichoice zealots faced off in a point-blank shouting match against pro-choice activists outside the Supreme Court.

Video-showdown at SCOTUS against PAAU and abortion bans 2 min 15 sec

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One of the antiabortion extremists with a "fetus," this time apparently a plastic one

Weekly pro-choice protests at "Justice" Alito's house continue

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 06/20/2022 - 22:57

On the 20th of June, Supreme Court "Justice" Alito got yet another in the weekly protests in front of his house. He has a pro-Trump "Freedom flag" in front of his house which replaced the US flag the day Trump was defeated in 2020. He cited 17th century "jurist" Matthew Hale in his draft decision to overturn Roe. Hale is infamous for developing the doctrine that men could legally rape their wives-and for two executions of women for witchcraft.

Video: June 20 protest on Alito's block and in front of his house 35 sec

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Black Bodies for Black Power march demands abortion rights at the US Supreme Court

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 06/19/2022 - 11:36

On the afternoon of the 18th of June, the Black Bodies for Black Power march arrived in strength at the US Supreme Court. Marchers were demanding bodily autonomy and in particular abortion rights for Black Women. It is widely known that antiabortion prosecutors in MAGAT states will focus much of their fire on women of color.

Video-the march arrives at the Supreme Court 30 sec

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Protesters at Clarence Thomas's neighborhood invoke Ginni Thomas's J6 connections

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 06/18/2022 - 01:33

On the 17th of June, pro-choice protesters again showed up at the entrace to Supreme Court "Justice" Clarence Thomas's closed-off neighborhood. This time around, protesters invoked the revelations of communications with Trump's pre-J6 lawyer John Eastman by Clarence Thomas's wife Ginni Thomas.

Video by Downright Impolite 18 sec

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Still from Downright Impolite's video

Reportback from June 16 protest at literal Handmaid Amy Coney Barrett's house

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 06/16/2022 - 23:07

Supreme Court "Justice" Amy Coney Barrett is nearly as famous for her "People of Praise" membership and former title of "Handmaid" there as she is for being one of the Nine on the Supreme Court. On the 16th of June, protesters including one in a "Handmaid's Tale" costume again returned to her house, as they have been doing every Thursday around 7PM for weeks.

Video-Protesters call out People of Praise Handmaid Amy Coney Barrett 1 min 9 sec

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