2026年7月7日 美国东部时间下午1:12 / 《华盛顿邮报》
埃琳娜·卡根和艾米·科尼·巴雷特，分别为自由派和保守派大法官，将于下周二出席众议院小组委员会的作证。
2025年1月9日，在前总统吉米·卡特的国葬上的最高法院大法官埃琳娜·卡根（右）和艾米·科尼·巴雷特，将于周二出席负责审批法院经费的国会小组委员会听证会。（里奇·卡里奥蒂/《华盛顿邮报》）
作者：朱利安·马克
最高法院大法官埃琳娜·卡根和艾米·科尼·巴雷特将于下周二前往国会作证，这是同侪分支间罕见的露面时机，距最高法院结束一届充满争议且影响深远的开庭期仅数周。
这是2019年以来首次有最高法院大法官前往国会山委员会作证——当时卡根大法官和塞缪尔·A·阿利托 Jr. 一同出席。（克拉伦斯·托马斯大法官上周刚被拍到出现在国会山，但似乎并未参加议员们的听证会。）
自由派大法官卡根与保守派大法官巴雷特，将在众议院拨款小组委员会作证，该委员会负责审批最高法院的经费。最高法院已申请2027财年增加2060万美元预算，其中包括1460万美元用于强化大法官在职期间的安保，以及200万美元用于升级大法官住所的安保措施。
在当前高度极化的政治氛围中，司法安保是一个敏感议题，针对法官的威胁和袭击事件有所增加。
此次联合作证之际，最高法院内的保守派和自由派阵营正日益用尖锐言辞互相攻讦，不过卡根和巴雷特并非法院内言辞最激烈的大法官。
尽管听证会将聚焦预算议题，但众议院议员有权偏离主题，他们可能就诸多争议性话题提出问题。
最高法院刚刚结束一届极具意义的开庭期，其中一项裁决赋予了总统唐纳德·特朗普更大的联邦机构管控权。目前尚不清楚法院近期的裁决是否会被提及，但2019年时卡根和阿利托曾被问及是否应制定法院伦理准则，以及听证会是否应进行电视直播。
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Supreme Court justices to make rare appearance before Congress
July 7, 2026 at 1:12 p.m. EDT / The Washington Post
Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, a liberal and a conservative, are set to testify before a House subcommittee next Tuesday.
Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan, right, and Amy Coney Barrett, seen at the Jan. 9, 2025, state funeral for former president Jimmy Carter, will appear Tuesday before a congressional subcommittee that approves court funding. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)
By Julian Mark
Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett will testify before Congress next Tuesday, a rare appearance before a coequal branch that comes just weeks after the court wrapped up a contentious and consequential term.
It’s the first time since 2019 — when Justices Kagan and Samuel A. Alito Jr. appeared side by side — that members of the high court will testify before a committee on Capitol Hill. (Justice Clarence Thomas was spotted on the Hill just last week, but he did not appear to be testifying before lawmakers.)
Kagan, a liberal, and Barrett, a conservative, will appear before the House Appropriations subcommittee that approves funding for the court. The court has requested a $20.6 million budget increase for fiscal 2027, including a $14.6 million increase to bulk up security for the justices at work and a $2 million boost in security for their homes.
Judicial security is a sensitive topic in a highly polarized political moment that has seen more threats and attacks against judges.
The joint appearance comes as the court’s conservative and liberal factions increasingly aim spicy language at each other, although Kagan and Barrett are not among the court’s biggest fire-breathers.
While the hearing will focus on budget matters, House members have latitude to stray from the subject at hand, and they could fire off questions on any number of controversial topics.
The high court just ended a highly significant term that included a decision giving President Donald Trump greater power over federal agencies. It’s unclear whether the court’s recent rulings will come up, but in 2019 Kagan and Alito faced questions about a possible court ethics code and whether its hearings should be televised.
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