Podbit · The Megyn Kelly Show
Justice Amy Coney Barrett brought home a bulletproof vest during the height of threats following the Dobbs leak — and her 12-year-old son was standing in her bedroom doorway when she put it down. She never imagined public service would mean explaining body armor to her children.
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In an unusual display of bipartisan unity, liberal Justice Elena Kagan and conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett appeared side by side before separate House and Senate panels to make an urgent case for a larger court budget. [1] — Mark Halperin "The Supreme Court expects a 38% surge in threats this year, following a 25% rise last year. Nearly 400 federal judges faced threats in the …" 02:31 The court is requesting $228 million for the next fiscal year — a roughly 10% increase — including $14.6 million specifically for expanded justice protection teams. The scale of the threat is stark: nearly 400 federal judges faced threats last year, and 276 more have already been targeted in just the first half of this year alone, according to the US Marshals Service. [1] — Mark Halperin "The Supreme Court expects a 38% surge in threats this year, following a 25% rise last year. Nearly 400 federal judges faced threats in the …" 02:31 The hearing drew into sharp focus the 2022 attempted assassination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, when a California man named Nicholas Roski traveled across the country to Kavanaugh's Maryland neighborhood armed with a Glock, ammunition, a tactical knife, zip ties, pepper spray, and burglary tools. [2] — Mark Halperin "A California man drove across the country to Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Maryland neighborhood armed with a Glock, ammunition, a tactical kni…" 03:27 Roski called 911 and surrendered before carrying out the attack; he later pleaded guilty to attempted murder, telling prosecutors the leaked Dobbs draft had enraged him. The episode stands as the most visceral evidence of what the justices face — not abstract hate mail, but real, armed men at their front doors.
The Supreme Court is requesting $228 million for the next fiscal year, including $14.6 million to expand justice protection teams.
The Supreme Court expects a 38% surge in threats this year, following a 25% rise last year. Nearly 400 federal judges faced threats in the past year, and the court is now requesting $228 million — including $14.6 million for expanded justice protection — to keep up with an escalating danger.
Nearly 400 federal judges faced threats last year, with another 276 targeted in just the first half of this year according to the US Marshals Service.
A California man drove across the country to Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Maryland neighborhood armed with a Glock, ammunition, a tactical knife, zip ties, pepper spray, and burglary tools — intending to assassinate him. He called 911 and surrendered himself, later pleading guilty to attempted murder after saying the leaked Dobbs draft had enraged him.
Justice Barrett's security detail sent her home with a bulletproof vest during the height of the Dobbs leak threats, and her 12-year-old son saw it.
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