Supreme Court justices detail security risks and weigh in on ethics in rare congressional testimony

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Supreme Court justices detail security risks and weigh in on ethics in rare congressional testimony (13 sources).

In rare congressional testimony, Supreme Court justices shared chilling stories about the threats they increasingly face in public life and fielded questions about ethics and emergency appeals.
The appearances from Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan were the first of their kind since 2019.
The high court is asking for $228 million next year, with a significant portion of that set aside for securing the justices against threats for their rulings.
The conservative-majority court handed down a series of major opinions, including one that increased President Donald Trump’s power over federal regulatory agencies and one that rejected his wide-ranging tariffs.

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