Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan will testify before Congress on July 14 on the court’s budget request for fiscal year 2027.
The two jurists are scheduled to testify before a House Appropriations subcommittee that morning and a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that afternoon, according to official notices posted on July 7.
This will be the first time in seven years that any justice has testified before a congressional committee. Kagan and Justice Samuel Alito appeared in March 2019 before the House Appropriations subcommittee on the fiscal 2020 budget request.
This contrasts with Chief Justice John Roberts, who has repeatedly declined congressional invitations since 2023 to discuss issues such as ethics and the Supreme Court’s code of conduct. He has cited concerns about judicial independence and the separation of powers….
Kagan and Barrett to Testify to Congress on Court’s Budget
