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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 6, 2022

The new Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in downtown Nashville officially opened last week after several days of partial operations and years of planning, designing and construction, the Nashville Post reports. The new building has already been christened with its first protest, as hundreds of pro-choice advocates gathered there earlier this week following news of a draft U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade. The process of building the new courthouse began in 2015 when Tennessee’s congressional delegation secured funding. Initial work began in 2016. The Church Street property had been eyed as a possible location for a new courthouse for at least two decades.