Three Arrested for Disrupting Supreme Court Arguments
Three people were arrested Wednesday and charged with violating two federal laws involving Supreme Court proceedings and the administration of justice after they disrupted oral arguments before the high court to protest its June decision that eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion.
Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe said the three are being processed at the Supreme Court and will be transported to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Central Cell Block. They are charged with violating a federal law that makes it illegal to “make a harangue or oration” in the Supreme Court building, and a second that forbids demonstrating with the intent of interfering with administration of justice.
A press release identified the demonstrators as Emily Paterson and Nikki Enfield of Virginia, and Ronalde Baker of Arizona.
