Justices on Capitol Hill
Supreme Court Justices Kagan and Barrett will face Congress over the judiciary budget.
July 7, 2026 · Updated Jul 7, 3:19pm ET
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What happened
Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Coney BarrettAmerican lawyer and jurist (born 1972) and Elena Kagan
Elena KaganAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2010 are scheduled to testify on July 14 before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General GovernmentHouse Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Governmentsubcommittee of the United States House of Representatives about the court’s fiscal 2027 budget request. The appearance will be the first time Supreme Court justices have testified to Congress on the judiciary’s annual funding request since 2019, when Kagan and Samuel Alito
Samuel AlitoAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2006 appeared. The request is expected to include increased funding for court security, and the justices are also slated to appear before Senate appropriators.
