"We already walked this walk once and here we have to come back because of my daughter and all of the other people in the world this affects," one woman told Johns.Īnother woman, Develda Edgington, told him that she was "furious," and she said while she usually only participates in her local demonstrations, she felt that she had to be at the Supreme Court today. Women traveled to Washington, DC, from near and far - from Dallas, Texas to Sarasota, Florida, Johns said. "We have seen a lot of chanting, a bit of confrontation because there have been people here on both sides of this issue, yelling at each other. It is largely peaceful," CNN's Joe Johns reported from the ground. Supreme Court,” the department tweeted.ĭemonstrators holding signs and chanting have been protesting outside of the Supreme Court for a second day, after Friday's SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Capitol Police arrested two people Saturday afternoon for “destruction of property” after “they were accused of throwing paint over the fence by the U.S. US Capitol Police officers stand in front of an abandoned sign and paint splatter outside the Supreme Court on Saturday.
"This was an organized and concentrated effort to threaten the court and interfere with their decisions, but the justices stood their ground against these extremists and terrorists." "I especially want to commend the justices for standing strong in the face of outrageous threats and violence," Trump said. The former President also weighed in on recent protests at the homes of the Court's conservative justices and the arrest of a man earlier this month who was charged with attempted murder of Justice Kavanaugh. And thanks to the courage found within the United States Supreme Court, this long divisive issue will be decided by the states and by the American people," Trump said of the abortion rights decision that was handed down Friday. "We got almost 300 federal judges and three great Supreme Court justices confirmed to do exactly that. "I promised to nominate judges and justices who would stand up for the original meaning of the Constitution and who would honestly and faithfully interpret the law as written," he said. "To the generations of Americans in the pro-life movement, as well as countless constitutional conservatives, your boundless love, sacrifice and devotion has finally been rewarded in full."Īmid chants of "Thank you, Trump!" from the crowd, the former President also boasted about his role in establishing the court's current conservative majority by appointing Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett during his four years in office. Mary Miller and gubernatorial hopeful Darren Bailey. And these prayers have gone on for decades and decades," Trump said at a campaign rally in Mendon, Illinois for GOP Rep.
"This breakthrough is the answer to the prayers of millions and millions of people. Wade, former President Donald Trump applauded the court's six conservative justices for their "courage," describing the ruling as "a victory for the Constitution, a victory for the rule of law and above all, a victory for life." In his first public appearance since the Supreme Court's historic reversal of Roe v. Former President Donald Trump gives remarks during a Save America Rally at the Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25 in Mendon, Illinois.
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