Supreme Court justices are scheduled to appear before both Senate and House appropriators next week, marking the first time since 2019 that justices will face lawmakers. Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan are slated to testify before the Senate and House Financial Services Appropriations subcommittees on July 14 to discuss the high court’s fiscal […]
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Budget hearings will be first time justices have testified before lawmakers since 2019
From left, Supreme Justices Elena Kagan, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the Capitol on Feb. 24. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Posted July 7, 2026 at 7:19pm
Supreme Court justices last testified to Congress was 2019, when Elena Kagan and Samuel Alito discussed a budget request with a…
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The last House hearing featuring high court justices came in 2019, when Justices Kagan and Alito testified on the court’s budget…
Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan will appear before Congress. Read to know why
The two justices will appear before the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees for two budget hearings on Tuesday.
