As U.S. Supreme Court's workload drops, justices seek hefty budget increase to include 24-hour private security

The U.S. Supreme Court. Seated from left are Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Samuel A. Alito and Elena Kagan. Standing from left are Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Photo: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States

By Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org

While it’s gone largely unnoticed by the national media, the U.S. Supreme Court’s workload fell again with a sharp 22 percent decrease in the number of cases filed in the court’s paid docket – even as Chief Justice John Roberts is asking Congress for a 22 percent increase in the court’s budget, to $140 million.

That large case drop at the high court – from 1,612 filings in the 2021 term to 1,252 filings in the 2022 term – was disclosed earlier this month in Roberts’ annual year-end report on the federal judiciary. It comes as survey after survey has found that the public’s confidence in the court has plummeted significantly since it discarded the constitutional right to abortion in January 2022 and the eruption of high-profile ethical controversies involving five of the nine justices.

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As U.S. Supreme Court's workload drops, justices seek hefty budget increase to include 24-hour private security

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