U.S. Supreme Court justices Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer told a House Appropriations subcommittee on March 14 that the Supreme Court can handle sequestration budget cuts "for a few months," but warned that lower federal courts will be hit more severely. Public defender services may suffer first, Kennedy said. "This is serious business."
The dialogue ranged well beyond the court’s annual budget request. Both indicated the high court has not budged in its opposition to camera access. "We are a teaching institution," Kennedy said. "We teach by not having television." Breyer also voiced concern that justices might pull their punches at oral argument if cameras are there.
