AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Barrett tells Congress her 12-year-old found her bulletproof vest after Dobbs leak
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that her security detail handed her a bulletproof vest the day Politico published the leaked Dobbs draft opinion in May 2022, and that her 12-year-old son discovered it minutes later in her bedroom, asking what it was and why she had it. […] The post Barrett tells Congress her 12-year-old found her bulletproof vest after Dobbs leak appeared first on American Almanac .
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that her security detail handed her a bulletproof vest the day Politico published the leaked Dobbs draft opinion in May 2022, and that her 12-year-old son discovered it minutes later in her bedroom, asking what it was and why she had it. The testimony marked the first time sitting justices appeared before Congress since 2019. Barrett and Justice Elena Kagan sat side by side to make the case for a $228.4 million Supreme Court budget for fiscal year 2027, including $14.6 million earmarked for security. The request lands at a moment when threats against the judiciary are climbing at a pace that even the justices themselves now describe in personal,…Open