WASHINGTONPOST (Joanna Slater) - Dozens of federal judges describe intensifying threats in new report
One jurist paid to construct a safe room after the floor plan of their home was posted on the internet.
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
ABCNEWS - Justices pitch lawmakers on enhanced security in rare Hill appearance
The hearing marked the first time since 2019 that members of the Supreme Court have testified on Capitol Hill.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Threat level against judges in America is ‘really high’: Coney Barrett
Testifying about rising threats being made against the Supreme Court, Justice Amy Coney Barrett details the threats made against her and her family and why her service on the bench has put her in the position of “explaining to my children what a bulletproof vest was and why I had to wear one.”
NYTIMES (Katie J.M. Baker) - State Judges Turn to Guns in New Era of Judicial Threats
A Times examination reveals thousands of threats against state judges, in addition to assaults and fatal attacks. Judges say local law enforcement agencies often can’t offer adequate protection.