Supreme Court fencing removed; building remains off-limits to public
WASHINGTON - The large fencing that has encircled the U.S. Supreme Court for months has now been removed.
The non-scalable fencing was gone Monday morning, leaving only small barricades blocking off the plaza and steps in front of the high court.
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Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe would say only that the fence came down sometime during the weekend. "The Court as a matter of policy does not discuss security arrangements," McCabe said in an email.
The building, closed in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, remains off-limits to the public.
The fence had been installed in May as protests erupted outside the court and outside the homes of some Supreme Court justices after a leaked opinion signaled the justices were planning to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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