One day after Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, a group calling itself Demand Justice staged a rally outside the court’s front steps.
Activists who said they support civil rights and abortion rights mixed with Democratic senators. They were angry that, after declining to convene a vote on President Barack Obama’s nominee for the court, the Republican Senate majority leader now is set to confirm the second justice nominated by President Trump.
“Mitch McConnell, shame on you, the people deserve a say, too,” the protesters chanted.
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