PHOTOS: Outside the court's health care debate
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Protesters who identified themselves as being with the Tea Party Patriots, including Linda Dorr, of Laguna Beach, Calif., center, demonstrate against the health care law outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2012, as the court began hearing arguments on President Obama's health care legislation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Protesters who identified themselves as being with the Tea Party Patriots, including Linda Dorr, of Laguna Beach, Calif., center, demonstrate against the health care law outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2012, as the court began hearing arguments on President Obama's health care legislation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, accompanied by his daughter Elizabeth Santorum and son Daniel Santorum, speaks in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2012, as the court began three days of arguments on the health care law signed by President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Pastor Mark Morrow of the CrossWalk Community Church in Williamsburg, Va, center, reads from his bible with Pastor Robert Turrill of Washington, Pa., left, and Peggy Nienaber of the National Clergy Council, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2012, as the court began hearing arguments on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Glynn McGehee, an aide with Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., holds a poster that mocks the organizational complexity of the health care law being argued in the Supreme Court this week, prior to the start of a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., left, accompanied by by Rep. John Fleming, R-La., center, and Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-NC, speaks out against the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare, that is being argued in the Supreme Court this week, Monday, March 26, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The voices inside the Supreme Court building were not nearly as loud ? or as colorful ? as those along the sidewalks facing its heavy bronze doors.
And how could they be? The court chamber is a model of order and decorum. Outside, a different kind of democracy was in action on Monday.
Demonstrators competed for the attention of national news media, springtime tourists and curious passers-by as the high court heard arguments over the national health care law. Those who chanted, waved signs, played music or even argued with each other enjoyed a bright spring day to sound off.
Tea party activists like Linda Dorr of Laguna Beach, Calif., held aloft signs protesting "Obamacare" and calling it "UnAmerican." On the other side of the debate, Bette Grey of Berwick, Pa., pointed to a sign lampooning House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, a healthcare law opponent.
Pastor Mark Morrow of Williamsburg, Va., read from a Bible, one of those taking a more prayerful approach to registering an opinion. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum used the camera-ready moment to bring attention to his faltering campaign.
And there's more to come: The court is set to hear arguments for another two days.
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