The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, home of the D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (Jack Rodgers/Courthouse News Service) WASHINGTON (CN) — ...

U.S. marshals need a "greater sense of urgency" when acting on threats. Oct. 3, 2007 — -- With hundreds of threats hurled their way each year, federal judges rely on protection from the U.S.

Congress’ decision to fund the federal courts through a continuing resolution this fiscal year has led to the deferral of dozens of judicial security projects and the continuation of a hiring freeze ...

The judiciary’s leadership met in Washington, emphasized their budgetary needs and said that threats against judges remained a problem. By Mattathias Schwartz Mattathias Schwartz reports on the ...

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland this afternoon convened a meeting with Justice Department and Supreme Court officials to discuss the security needs of Justices and the Court since the unauthorized ...

Congressional Democrats introduced a bill Thursday that would shift control of the U.S. Marshals Service from the executive branch to the federal judiciary, in an effort to insulate the agency from ...

WASHINGTON — The White House and its top Republican allies in Congress have, for now, snubbed federal judges who asked for additional security funds as a result of a recent spike in violent threats.

Federal judges rarely defend their work publicly. The typical mandate for those in the judiciary is to let their decisions speak for themselves. Commentary outside of that risks being criticized as ...

Rhode Island’s Governor recently signed the Rhode Island Judicial Security Act (H5892), which aims to bolster the privacy and security of current and former judicial officers and their families by ...