Over the objections of two justices, the Supreme Court announced Monday that due to security concerns the front doors of the courthouse will no longer be open to people wishing to enter the building.

A pair of new entrances will now be used that are just below and to the side of the front doors which are located atop a set of marble steps that had served as a majestic entry into the nation’s highest court.

Monday’s announcement comes over the objections of Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg who took the highly unusual step to issue a dissent or memorandum expressing their disapproval.

“While I recognize the reasons for this change, on balance I do not believe they justify it. I think the change is unfortunate, and I write in the hope that the public will one day in the future be able to enter the Court’s Great Hall after passing under the famous words “Equal Justice Under Law,” Breyer wrote with Ginsburg’s support.

Breyer then went on to address what he sees as the metaphorical importance of the steps leading up to the front entrance. “Writers and artists regularly use the steps to represent the ideal that anyone in this country may obtain meaningful justice through application to this Court.”

The Court issued a press release announcing the change as part of the Court’s building overhaul which until recently hadn’t been significantly refurbished since it opened in 1935. The Court’s statement said the decision to close the front entrance was made after a pair of independent studies. It touts the capability of the new entrances as “a secure, reinforced area to screen for weapons, explosives, and chemical and biological hazards.”

Visitors to the Court will still be allowed to exit the building from the front entrance and Breyer hopes the decision is one that may revisited in the future. “I thus remain hopeful that, sometime in the future, technological advances, a Congressional appropriation, or the dissipation of the current security risks will enable us to restore the Supreme Court’s main entrance as a symbol of dignified openness and meaningful access to equal justice under law.”