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CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst Joan Biskupic described the "compelling moment" Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett shared during her testimony before Congress on Tuesday.

Barrett and Justice Elena Kagan made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill to testify before the House Appropriations subcommittee and requested a $16.6 million budget increase amid escalating threats against judges. Biskupic described the "raw testimony" during the live broadcast with CNN anchor Boris Sanchez — and a moment that caught her attention during the hearing.

"This morning they were before House members making their pitch for more security, explaining the kinds of needs they have both for more officers at their residence, more officers at the Supreme Court, a better screening system for people who are going into the court, visitors, and then also cybersecurity," Biskupic said. "We know that there have been some leaks from the court, but they're very much worried about what kind of cybersecurity risks they have right now. And I have to say, a very compelling moment came early in the hearing when Justice Barrett, who was up there with Justice Kagan, talked personally about what the security threats have meant to her and her family."...

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance praised Justice Elena Kagan's dissent in the Supreme Court's recent ruling on Temporary Protected Status as a devastating rebuke of the conservative majority — one that forced into print the very comments her colleagues "cannot even bear to repeat."

Writing in her newsletter, Civil Discourse, Vance broke down the 6-3 decision, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, which held that courts cannot review a president's decisions about TPS. The ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to end protections for roughly 336,000 people legally present in the U.S. due to natural disasters and armed conflict in their home countries, including Haitians and Syrians.

Vance noted the decision's striking detail that Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who has two adopted children from Haiti, joined the majority....

MS NOW anchor Nicolle Wallace likened Supreme Court dissents to a "primal scream" after a spate of decisions.

Wallace was highlighting parts of Justice Elena Kagan's dissenting opinion in immigration cases that end legal protections for recipients of temporary protected status.

"The justices to put so much storytelling in a dissent does feel like a real primal scream for people to wake up and see what the human toll is of today's decisions," Wallace said....

Legal experts are claiming that the U.S. Supreme Court may come to regret its emergency "shadow docket" decision allowing President Donald Trump to fire members of two federal boards -- a move that was considered illegal.

Without hearing the merits of the case, the court issued its ruling Thursday that permitted Trump to fire a member of the National Labor Relations Board and a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, an agency that ensures federal employment decisions are not influenced by politics.

In a preview of Slate's "Amicus" podcast, legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern exclaimed, "He illegally fired people, and the Supreme Court just rubber-stamped it!"...

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was relentless in her questioning of U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer Thursday as he presented the Trump administration argument to end birthright citizenship in the United States.

As part of his extreme immigration policy, President Donald Trump issued an executive order at the start of his second term proclaiming that children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants are not citizens.

Three federal judges ruled the order unconstitutional, which lead to the Supreme Court case. ...

Justice Elena Kagan on Monday pushed back against critics opposing the enforcement of ethics rules for Supreme Court Justices.

In an appearance at the New York University School of Law, Kagan talked about the need for a lower court of judges to handle accusations of ethical breaches made against Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, NBC News reported Monday.

"It seems like a good idea in terms of ensuring that we comply with our own code of conduct going forward in the future. It seems like a good idea in terms of ensuring that people have confidence that we're doing exactly that," she said....