[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] asked for more police on Tuesday, citing recent attacks on judges and fears of terrorism. Justice Anthony Kennedy submitted a request to Congress for an additional $639,000 to pay for additional police patrols in the court's plaza and around the building. "A visible security presence is believed to be one of the most effective deterrents to acts of terrorism," Justice Kennedy said in prepared remarks to the House of Representatives Appropriations committee which held a related hearing [notice] Tuesday on the federal judiciary. Justice Kennedy cited the recent killing of an Atlanta judge and the murder of two family members of a federal judge in Chicago, saying the incidents "remind us how important and necessary this type of police protection is." Reuters has more.