Amy Coney Barrett: “Tak[es] a tool away from EPA”

It's hard to interpret, particularly those anonymous deliveries that are sent in the name of Judge Salas's murdered son, as anything other than an attempt to intimidate and influence decisions.

I think precisely because of those sorts of things, yes, it is my understanding that the lower federal courts are also in great need of security funding and have been pushing for that in their courthouses and through GSA as well.

As Justice Kagan said, federal judges across the country, throughout the judiciary, including the Supreme Court, continue to do their jobs without fear or favor, but the threat level is really high.

We have always required employees to sign a confidentially agreement but recently we begin requiring employees to sign a nondisclosure agreement, which we do have carveouts for whistleblowers and that sort of thing.