FAIRFAX, Va.—Minutes after protesters chanting about abortion depart, children in Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s neighborhood call “Mommy!” as they play outside.
For weeks now, protests at the homes of the six conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices have drawn law enforcement’s attention, filled residential neighborhoods with shouted obscenities, and disrupted neighborhood traffic.
The protests are a response to a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that suggests the conservative justices intend to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Despite the loud dinner-hour protests in residential neighborhoods, law enforcement and neighbors have proven astonishingly tolerant of the disruption.
Every Monday since May 10, a group of about 15 protesters has marched through Alito’s neighborhood, shouting obscenities, banging drums, shouting into megaphones, and blasting music, according to police Captain Alan Hanson….