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BumRushDaShow

(144,186 posts)
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 08:16 PM Saturday

Congress Approves Over $25 Million For Supreme Court Justices' Personal Security

Source: Huff Post

Dec 21, 2024, 02:44 PM EST


A stopgap bill funding the federal government until mid-March includes $25.6 million to secure the homes of U.S. Supreme Court justices as they face threats that stem from their rulings.

President Joe Biden signed the measure Saturday.

In recent years, the court’s superconservative majority has effectively decimated abortion access in areas across the country, expanded presidential power, loosened gun restrictions and weakened the authority of some federal regulators, such as the Environmental Protection Agency — chipping away at progressive gains made during the 20th century.

Protesters gathered outside conservative justices’ homes following the court’s landmark abortion decision in 2022, leading to a debate over whether justices should be made to face professional repercussions in their private lives.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/congress-approves-supreme-court-justice-personal-security_n_6766fd85e4b0d62bd4a39728

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montanacowboy

(6,352 posts)
1. By all means
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 08:22 PM
Saturday

give 25 million, what bunch of horseshit. It takes that much for security for 9 people?

Polybius

(18,354 posts)
13. That's actually cheap for 9 super-important people
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 12:16 AM
Sunday

Just the President or even the VP is far more costly than $25 million.

sheshe2

(88,143 posts)
12. Yes!
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:25 PM
Saturday

He bought them, he owns six of them. He pays for everything else and their security costs should be on him!

slightlv

(4,439 posts)
10. Agreed... and while
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:13 PM
Saturday

They actively plot and rule against the People.

I think they should either get the money from their patron saints or pay for it themselves. No idea what their pay is, but they make enough in bribes and gratuities to pay for their own security. After all, they dont give us any money to secure ourselves against all those gun deregulation laws Maga terrorists cling to. And we're being threatened and killed at a much higher rate than SCOTUS.

Irish_Dem

(59,687 posts)
11. Yes they torment and torture Americans and take us back 100 years.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 10:18 PM
Saturday

Oh yes we pay for the rich and wealthy security needs.

While we are sitting ducks the minute we walk out of the house thanks to the SC.

They put us in grave danger but we have to make sure they are safe.

bronxiteforever

(9,554 posts)
4. It cost a lot to protect Leonard Leo's court.
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 08:28 PM
Saturday

He and the federalist society buy the justices but we foot the bill to protect them.

RainCaster

(11,648 posts)
9. that's at least 25,600,000 more than they deserve
Sat Dec 21, 2024, 09:38 PM
Saturday

Such expenses wouldn't be necessary if they did more for the citizens of this country.

Firestorm49

(4,223 posts)
14. Personally, I hope the SC judges are scared shitless, just like kids who go to school every day.
Sun Dec 22, 2024, 11:11 AM
Sunday
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