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Supreme Court Justices Kagan and Barrett Scheduled to Testify on July 14
Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett will appear before House and Senate appropriators to discuss the Supreme Court's fiscal 2027 budget request. The hearings mark the first testimony by sitting justices before congressional appropriators since 2019.
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Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan are scheduled to testify before the House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. The two justices will also appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Supreme Court is requesting more than $228 million in discretionary funding for fiscal 2027.
That amount is roughly $20 million higher than the sum approved for the previous year. The request includes $14.6 million for security enhancements and roughly $18 million for building and grounds maintenance. More than one-third of the maintenance allocation is designated for the design of an exterior visitor screening facility.
The court cited ongoing security assessments in support of the items. The last House hearing featuring Supreme Court justices took place in 2019, when Kagan and Justice Samuel Alito testified on the court's budget request. The last Senate hearing with sitting justices occurred in 2011, when then-Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia appeared.
Between 1960 and 2011, sitting justices testified before congressional committees at least once each year.
