Supreme Court set to present 2027 budget request to House panel

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Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett will present the Supreme Court's 2027 budget request to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on July 14.
This marks the first testimony by Supreme Court justices before Congress since 2019, following recent rulings on birthright citizenship and federal agency appointments.
Kagan and Barrett backed the majority upholding birthright citizenship, while their votes split on decisions about presidential authority to remove Federal Reserve and FTC officials.

Budget hearing set for July 14

As reported by CNBC, Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett are scheduled to testify before a House Appropriations subcommittee on July 14 on the high court’s budget request for 2027. They are due to appear before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, according to an agenda released Tuesday.

The appearance is set to be the first time Supreme Court justices testify to Congress since 2019, when Kagan and Samuel Alito appeared before the same panel to discuss the court’s budget request. Kagan has served on the court since 2010 after being appointed by former President Barack Obama, while Barrett joined in 2020 after her appointment by President Donald Trump.

Recent rulings frame the appearance

The hearing comes two weeks after the Supreme Court issues its final opinions for the 2025-26 term, although the justices are not expected to address those decisions in their testimony. The term includes a ruling upholding the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, after Trump seeks to limit it through an executive order.

Kagan and Barrett are among the majority in that birthright citizenship decision. Kagan also joins a 5-4 majority holding that Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while her lawsuit over the termination continues in federal district court, while Barrett is in the minority in that case.

In a separate ruling, Barrett is in the majority and Kagan in the minority in the decision finding that Trump has the authority to fire Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter. That ruling gives presidents the power to remove members of nominally independent agencies.

Our earlier coverage of the New York Fed’s Survey of Consumer Expectations focused on inflation expectations ticking higher for both the one-year and three-year horizons, even as longer-term expectations held steady. We also noted that officials were keeping policy steady while monitoring whether energy-driven price pressures could keep inflation above target and influence the path of interest rates.

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