Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testified before House and Senate spending panels on July 14, an unusual public appearance centered on threats against judges and the court's request for additional security funding.
The justices described a threat environment that reaches beyond disagreement with rulings into risks for their families and homes. The court is seeking a roughly 10 percent budget increase, with much of the proposed growth directed toward protective agents, court police, and related support. Congress, not the court, will decide how much of that request becomes law.
Lawmakers also asked about ethics rules and the court's handling of emergency cases. Those exchanges did not produce a new binding policy, but they exposed the tension between judicial independence and Congress's authority over appropriations and oversight.
The verified development is the testimony and funding request—not a final security appropriation. The next material step will be the spending legislation that emerges from the appropriations process.
Source: Associated Press ↗
Source: Reuters ↗
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