Protestors Purportedly Overturn 'Right To Eat Dinner' After Brett Kavanaugh's Supper Is Disturbed At Morton's Steakhouse

An incident at a Morton’s Steakhouse in Washington, D.C. where Justice Brett Kavanaugh's dinner was interrupted by protestors has Twitter memeing about whether a “right to congregate and eat dinner” is protected in the United States Constitution.

The idea of such a right originates with a press statement put out by Morton’s and then quoted in Politico Playbook this morning, which stated that “Politics, regardless of your side or views, should not trample the freedom at play of the right to congregate and eat dinner.”

What the hell is this @Mortons statement about anti-Kavanaugh protestors outside of the steakhouse? Playbook: https://t.co/hwHAVBSySi pic.twitter.com/2c0b1ASjAB

— Chris "Subscribe to Law Dork!" Geidner (@chrisgeidner) July 8, 2022

Morton’s Steakhouse:

“There is a time and place for everything. Disturbing the dinner of all of our customers was an act of selfishness and void of decency.”

Translation: pic.twitter.com/LxTlpFlrB9

— 🅼🅸🅲🅷🅰🅴🅻 🇺🇸 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🗽 🌊⚾️ (@SuiGeneris24601) July 8, 2022

Morton's inadvertently arguing for State-sponsored solutions to hunger https://t.co/sV3v1gbnQI pic.twitter.com/Sc8ap8TX8W

— Tofte | Christopher Polt 🏳️‍🌈 (@CBPolt) July 8, 2022

Taking Kavanaugh’s “originalist” approach to the idea of rights, in which historical precedent and interpretation of constitutional “tradition” determine whether they exist or not, memers humorously sought to find a right to dinner in 18th century America.

I exhausted my research abilities and can confirm that nobody was talking about Morton's Steakhouse in the 19th century. Case closed. pic.twitter.com/l2SC5A7Z4b

— Taulby Edmondson, Ph.D. (@TaulbyE324) July 8, 2022

Bro I just want to enjoy my meal at Morton’s steak house bro it’s my constitutional right to do that bro this is America pic.twitter.com/bdaxWoBQtw

— Marshall Scott (@Marshall__Scott) July 8, 2022

thank you, steakhouse chain, for sharing your thoughts on civic engagement. pic.twitter.com/eDa1tQoW7T

— wallace & scromit (@feelin__fine) July 8, 2022

Reportedly, Kavanaugh had to leave the restaurant through a back alley and did not get a chance to eat his dessert, leading many to joke about the inconveniences he faced.

Brett Kavanaugh's face when he didn't get to finish his beer at Morton's. pic.twitter.com/SUmsbgSnC9

— Leonard (@Le202nard) July 8, 2022

Not a Conversation, Kavanaugh, Morton's, and Steak Edition. pic.twitter.com/Fr1rTJwtnR

— Isa-Lee Wolf (@IsaLeeWolf) July 8, 2022

Morton’s is a national chain of steakhouses owned by Landry’s. The owner of Landry’s is Tillman Ferrita, a Trump donor — a fact which many left-leaning posters pointed out.

As an act of protest, people started making fake reservations at Morton’s locations around the country. To counteract this, the company began requiring customers reserving tables to provide a credit card number in advance.

Morton's Steakhouse DC is now "fully booked" for tonight… they have dozens of other locations across the country which are rapidly being booked by pro-choice protestors pic.twitter.com/4msBYmca5n

— LeGate☮️ (founder @ GoodPillow™) (@williamlegate) July 8, 2022

Some also criticized this protest tactic as ineffective, arguing it would just end up inconveniencing people who work at Morton’s.

Kavanaugh and other Supreme Court justices have faced all types of unconventional and controversial protest tactics in the weeks following the overturning of Roe v. Wade and several other controversial rulings in recent weeks. Homes have been picketed and credit card numbers supposedly leaked online.

These protest tactics, which many feel verge on intimidating justices, are what some perceive as one of the few avenues the public has since the Supreme Court building itself is currently fenced off, cameras are not allowed inside the Court’s very secretive proceedings, and Justices never have to face deadlines, re-elections or the press in the way that members of Congress or the executive branch do.

Supporters of the steakhouse have called out these tactics as going too far, while others continue to praise and agitate for more protests aimed at the personal lives of Supreme Court justices. It's certainly a "high-steaks" issue for Americans on both sides of the aioli.