Morton's said it had been swamped with fake reservations after it defended the right to eat.
Protesters gathered outside of a DC restaurant where the Supreme Court nominee was dining.
The justice left out a back door as Morton said the demonstration was "void of decency"
A chain of steakhouses is being flooded with phone calls and fake reservations because of its defense of Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's "right" to eat dinner at one of its restaurants.
Morton's sent a memo to its managers telling them to prepare for more backlash after it defended a judge. The Supreme Court voted last month to overturn the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion in the United States.
Morton's is experiencing a massive wave of negative response to our comments yesterday as well as being bombarded at the local level with phone calls and fake reservations on Open Table.
There is a chance that your restaurants will have some people reach out for comment and make bogus reservations over the next few days. Our comment is always "No Comment." We don't do anything and we don't respond.
He said in the memo that they don't put their political beliefs with employees, fellow managers or guests.
After learning that he was at a Morton's restaurant in Washington, D.C., protesters went to another restaurant. The manager of the restaurant was kicked out by a group of people who gathered outside the restaurant.
According to a Morton's representative, the actions of the group were not good.
The Supreme Court Justice and all of the other diners at the Morton's restaurant were harassed by a group of protesters. The representative said that politics should not affect the freedom at play of the right to eat dinner.
Everything has a time and place. The representative said that the act of selfishness and void of decency was the reason why the dinner was disturbed.
In addition to the phone calls and fake reservations, the Morton's restaurant where Kavanaugh dined has had a number of 1-star reviews against it.
Due to increased public attention centered on the restaurant, the location's Yelp page has been temporarily stopped.
Morton's did not reply immediately.
After the majority draft opinion was leaked, protests sprang up across the country, with abortion rights activists and Democratic politicians critical of the preliminary decision, which was made even more urgent by the pending "trigger" laws in an array of GOP-controlled states which would effectively outlaw abortions.
Liberal activists who had fought for abortion rights in the 1960s and 1970s were angry when the decision was returned to the states.
Republicans had been pushing for the overturn of the abortion law for a long time.
When the draft opinion leaked, pro-choice protestors showed up near the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito, as well as Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.
The man who was arrested near the residence of the Supreme Court nominee told investigators that he wanted to kill the justice because of his anger over the court's decision.
The individual was accused of trying to kill someone. He pleaded not guilty.
A law was signed by President Joe Biden that gives security to the families of Supreme Court justices.
Business Insider has an article on it.
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