Court Security
598 ABA Journal Court Security articles.
U.S. Supreme Court justices began getting around-the-clock security last week, as protesters who fear an end to abortion rights
gathered outside the homes of conservative justices.
May 20, 2022 10:17 AM CDT
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a public trial was violated when a trial judge allowed an audio stream but not video access to the proceedings.
May 17, 2022 12:52 PM CDT
President Joe Biden on Friday signed into law a bill that strengthens financial disclosure requirements for federal judges.
May 17, 2022 8:35 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court could take several measures to increase security following the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s
draft opinion to Politico.
May 11, 2022 10:34 AM CDT
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s
draft opinion overturning
Roe v. Wade is the only draft opinion circulating in the abortion case, according to a report by Politico.
May 11, 2022 9:16 AM CDT
A Houston family court judge has been publicly reprimanded for ordering two lawyers to be escorted to the jury box by a bailiff who shackled them to a chair while court proceedings continued.
May 10, 2022 3:13 PM CDT
Criminal Justice
Apr 8, 2022 9:45 AM CDT
A former judge in Washington, who was accused of sexually assaulting two former court employees, agreed to a plea deal as his trial was set to begin Monday.
Apr 7, 2022 8:41 AM CDT
Kentucky lawmakers have approved a bill that allows lawyers to carry guns in court.
Apr 5, 2022 3:46 PM CDT
A website called judyrecords.com has published thousands of confidential court records from across the nation, including private ethics records in California and juvenile court records from several states, according to reporting.
Mar 2, 2022 11:21 AM CST
Court employees deny that a Dallas County, Texas, judge authorized her court coordinator to impersonate her during an online hearing in August.
Jan 10, 2022 12:31 PM CST
A California federal court said Wednesday it would suspend in-person jury trials following similar announcements by other state and federal courts amid the surge in omicron COVID-19 cases.
Jan 6, 2022 11:59 AM CST
The justice system continues to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly two years after courthouses
first began closing and limiting operations, according to a
Washington Post report.
Dec 22, 2021 10:17 AM CST
A Florida judge can seek punitive damages against a lawyer she accused of threatening to release her nude photos unless she acquiesced to his demands in her child custody case, according to a Dec. 9 decision.
Dec 14, 2021 2:20 PM CST
A jail guard was shot and killed in an Altoona, Pennsylvania, courthouse Wednesday when a police officer fired on an inmate who had grabbed the guard’s weapon.
Nov 19, 2021 11:21 AM CST
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