US judges warn of threats, ask Congress for more security funding
Source: Reuters
May 14, 2025 3:31 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago
May 14 (Reuters) - Key members of the U.S. federal judiciary asked lawmakers to increase security funding on Wednesday, as the court system grapples with a rising number of threats against judges who have blocked parts of the Trump administration's agenda.
U.S. Circuit Judge Amy St. Eve told a U.S. House of Representatives panel that increasing security spending to $892 million, up 19% from the current fiscal year, would enable the court system to respond to rising threats directed at judges and to ensure their safety and that of their families.
Tensions are high between the administration of Republican President Donald Trump and the judiciary, whose members have been targeted by a barrage of threats after blocking parts of Trump's immigration and cost-cutting agenda. Judge Robert Conrad, who heads the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the judiciary's administrative arm, told lawmakers that threats of reprisals and retribution erode the rule of law.
"The independence of the judicial branch is jeopardized when judges are threatened with harm or impeachment on the basis of their rulings," he said. "Our constitutional system depends on judges who are sworn to administer justice without respect to persons."
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