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Supreme Court Justice Barrett says 'the threat level is really high' in budget testimony
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a House subcommittee on Tuesday that "the threat level" against her and other federal judges "is really high" as she testified about the high court's 2027 budget request.
"Those statistics sound abstract, but being on the receiving end of them is not," Barrett told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government.
Barrett, who was testifying with Justice Elena Kagan, also told the panel about being given a bulletproof vest by her security after a leak to a news outlet about an opinion that reversed the Supreme Court's decision that had said there was a constitutional right to abortion.
Supreme Court justices testify before Congress for $230M security budget
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Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan are set to testify before House and Senate appropriators – a first since 2019 – as the high court seeks a 10% increase for its $230 million budget, including $14 million for "protective activities for justices' residences and families."
Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testify first before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government at 10 a.m.
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Live updates: Supreme Court justices set to testify in rare appearance before Congress
Watch live as Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett make a rare appearance before Congress.
Kagan said threats against the Supreme Court increased after the leak of a draft of the opinion that later overturned the Roe v. Wade abortion decision, and have continued to grow since then.
In 2022, shortly after the leak, a would-be assassin was arrested near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh with weapons and zip ties. Chief Justice John Roberts has condemned the threats to all U.S. judges, saying during a speech in March that criticism of judicial opinions is understandable, but personally directed hostility is “dangerous, and it’s got to stop.”
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