Judicial security measure clears U.S. Congress as part of defense bill

U.S. District Judge Esther Salas and her husband Mark Anderl speak with U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) after a proposed legislation to safeguard the privacy of judges and their families moved forward in a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting at the Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Thursday passed legislation that would allow U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges to shield their personal information from being viewed online in response to a rising number of threats targeting them.

The Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act, named for the son of a federal judge who was fatally shot in 2020, was attached to the annual must-pass defense policy bill that the Senate endorsed 83-11.