US Supreme Court avoided disaster when a hunk of marble fell in a courtyard used by justices

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when a massive piece of marble at least two feet in length crashed to the ground in an interior courtyard used by the justices and their aides. That is according to several Supreme Court employees. The incident has not been acknowledged publicly. It took place in the spring of 2022, as the court already was dealing with death threats and other security concerns before the justices overturned Roe v. Wade. The employees said Justice Elena Kagan and her law clerks had been in the courtyard earlier in the day. No one was injured when the marble fell. They said the piece was easily big enough to have seriously injured someone, they said.