In Rare Testimony, Supreme Court Justices Will Ask Congress for Security Funds

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For decades, Supreme Court justices appeared before Congress each year to answer questions from lawmakers about the court’s budget requests.

That tradition ended after 2019, first as Covid shut down in-person hearings and then during a period of tension between the court and Congress.

In 2023, amid questions about justices’ acceptance of free travel, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. declined a request to appear before Congress to discuss whether the nine justices would adopt a new ethics code. He cited “separation of powers concerns.”

But on Tuesday, for the first time in seven years, two sitting justices — Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett — are scheduled to testify at the Capitol about the court’s request for millions of dollars to enhance security at a time when threats against the justices, their families and other federal judges are increasing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/politics/supreme-court-congress-testimony-security.html