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Raven123

(7,127 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:47 PM Monday

SCOTUS justices avoid Red Mass due to security concerns

Due to security concerns, no Supreme Court justices attended this year's Red Mass Oct. 5 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. The annual Mass prays for jurists and public officials the day before the start of the Supreme Court's term.

The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington reported that they had arrested a New Jersey man who had set up a tent on the steps of the cathedral and that they charged him with possession of explosives.

The Mass was delayed for about 20 minutes and hundreds of people waited outside before they were allowed to enter the cathedral through a side entrance.


https://www.ncronline.org/news/supreme-court-justices-do-not-attend-annual-red-mass-due-security-concerns


I want no one to feel threatened or be harmed, and I think we are all in this together. Perhaps some of SCOTUS have been a little too detached. I hope their experiences mirror ours.

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SCOTUS justices avoid Red Mass due to security concerns (Original Post) Raven123 Monday OP
Probably worried their Red Mass could turn into a Red Wedding. sop Monday #1
"...due to security concerns" J_William_Ryan Monday #2

J_William_Ryan

(3,049 posts)
2. "...due to security concerns"
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:17 PM
Monday

It should be due to First Amendment concerns, an unwarranted conjoining of church and state inconsistent with the Establishment Clause.

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