Supreme Court justices ask Congress for additional security funding

Supreme Court justices are testifying before Congress for the first time in seven years, seeking additional funds to combat a rise in security threats.

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices are testifying before Congress for the first time in seven years on Tuesday, seeking additional funds to combat a rise in security threats.

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Liberal Justice Elena Kagan and conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett are appearing at back-to-back hearings in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and the Senate’s version of that committee.

Supreme Court justices as well as judges throughout the federal judiciary have increasingly been the targets of threats, harassment and “swatting” incidents, in which false calls are made to police about violence at their home addresses.