SUPREME COURT An anti-abortion protester who disrupted the Supreme Court today is under arrest.
The justices were in the midst of hearing arguments on a case involving what opponents call partial-birth abortion. About 40 minutes in, officials say the man started yelling from the audience section of the court.
Police removed him and charged him under a law that bans loud, threatening or abusive language in the Supreme Court building. Conviction carries up to 60 days in jail.
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Hm. I wonder if there's more to this story than meets the eye.
If he did what it says, he's an idiot.
I note that it does not specify what the man said. What did he say that was so "anti-abortion"?
UPDATE:
This guy didn't sound too bright:
And then there were the protesters. No, not the ones gathered outside in the November drizzle. According to several witnesses, one man, clad in a shirt that read JESUS, entered the courtroom and sat in the spectator section midway through oral arguments. The Supreme Court marshals must’ve been expecting trouble from the start. Though they usually issue all the standard warnings about being quiet and exiting in an orderly way in case of an emergency, they added an extra caveat this morning: anyone causing a disruption would be escorted from the courtroom and arrested. Things proceeded normally enough for a while. But then, during the time allotted to Smith, the pro-choice lawyer arguing on behalf of Nebraska abortion provider Dr. Leroy Carhart, the man erupted. "ABORTION!" he thundered in a voice that reverberated in the quiet and still courtroom. "REPENT OR YOU WILL PERISH," he went on. He grabbed the arm of Carhart, who happened to be seated next to him and pulled him to the ground. The protester continued yelling as uniformed officers descended on him and dragged him from the room. His shouts could be heard echoing through the building even as the legal arguments resumed.
Thanks for sabotaging our cause, pal, couldn't you have preached the Word some other time?
