Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testified before congressional committees to request an increase in security funding. The requests range from a 10% annual budget increase to specific figures of $14.6 million, $20 million, or a total of $230 million. Justice Barrett detailed personal threats, including a swatting incident involving her son and the use of bulletproof vests. The funding is intended for additional security agents and cybersecurity experts to combat millions of breach attempts.
Editor's Analysis
Missing are the perspectives of cybersecurity experts regarding the technical validity of the breach attempts and the viewpoints of the security agents who would be implementing these funding increases. There is also a lack of input from non-partisan legal scholars on how increased security might impact the Court's accessibility or public image.