This Fox News opinion article by John Yoo argues that comments from Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan about security threats illustrate a broader campaign of hostility towards the US Supreme Court. It centres on Barrett’s account to Congress of having to explain a bulletproof vest to her son, using that example to claim that political attacks on the court have created a dangerous climate. The article matters because it links concerns about judges’ safety to the wider political conflict over the court’s legitimacy and decisions.

A key detail is Barrett’s testimony that the threat level facing federal judges remains “really high” following the leak of the Dobbs decision. The piece says the Supreme Court requested an extra $14.6 million as part of a $228 million budget request, with security cited as a major reason. Framed as commentary rather than straight reporting, the article presents these facts to support Yoo’s argument that criticism of the court, especially from the left, is contributing to real-world risks for justices.