Earlier this year Congress approved additional spending for federal court security, including the U.S. Supreme Court and the justices:
The U.S. Supreme Court would receive an additional $30 million to bolster security for the justices under a Department of Homeland Security funding bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday.The extra money was tucked into the legislation after House and Senate appropriations leaders reached a bipartisan deal on Tuesday on the last set of spending bills designed to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the month.[...]
The House earlier in January had passed the Financial Services-General Government appropriations bill that normally funds the judiciary and Supreme Court, providing $9.2 billion for the court system, up 6.4% from the 2025 fiscal year.
That bill, which is awaiting Senate approval, provides $892 million for protection services and equipment to provide security at courthouses nationwide, a 19% increase from the previous fiscal year, following concern about a rising number of threats facing judges.
The crazy purple-haired lady with more rings than Tom Brady, Democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro, wants to know why the additional money is necessary:
“We provide money for the Supreme Court,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said in April. “They’ve never come up and tell us what they’re doing with the money that we appropriate.”
One of the reasons the country is nearly $40 trillion in debt attempting to DOGE Supreme Court justices over the cost of their security is laughable, but Politico is on it:
NEW in @POLITICOMag: It's often said that the Supreme Court lacks its own army. Well, that may be changing. The force protecting #SCOTUS is mushrooming. Now, some in Congress are demanding justices testify-for 1st time in 7 years-on where the $ goes https://t.co/4bHSujNRt8
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) June 28, 2026
The Politico story contains this toward the end of a long article:
Precisely what — or who — is fueling the surge in threats can’t be determined with complete certainty. There’s no doubt that publicity around the court’s 2022 abortion ruling triggered some threats, as well as security concerns driven by abortion-rights protests at conservative justices’ homes.
Those words actually appear in a story where this is also mentioned:
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I’m old enough to remember when Chuck Schumer threatened Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh:
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) June 28, 2026
"You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price! You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions!" pic.twitter.com/cYpx8CaOv2 https://t.co/vlAxG9MBIh
Democrats and media asking for justices to explain why they need so much security are the "we're all trying to find the guy who did this" hot dog meme come to life.
Huh, I wonder why the Supreme Court would be more interested in its own security. Perhaps the attempted assassin given a comically short sentence after trying to kill Justice Kavanaugh? Or maybe the recent attempt to SWAT Justice Barrett. Who could know? https://t.co/rJwwwiUbQ7
— Eric W. (@EWess92) June 28, 2026
I assume much of the media is still looking for a motive for the lunatic who tried to assassinate a bunch of Republicans at a baseball practice as well.
Maybe if liberals would stop trying to assassinate them, they wouldn’t need protection!
— Claire (@cemjcemj) June 28, 2026
The journo who published the Dobbs leak is big mad that conservative SCOTUS justices won’t just let left-wing terrorists kill them. https://t.co/JtXfJnoHZy
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) June 28, 2026
Unreal, but not incredibly surprising.
