Bloomberg Law has:
- New Judicial Security Program Helps Over 2,000 Judges, Relatives -- A judicial security program meant to help federal judges remove their personal information from the internet helped over 1,700 judges last year, according to a new judiciary report.
- US Judges Speak Out Against Republican Impeachment Push
A federal judge overseeing judicial security issues said he’s concerned about recent articles of impeachment filed against judges who have ruled against the Trump administration’s early actions.
Asked about the impeachment effort, Judge Richard Sullivan, who chairs the Judicial Conference’s committee on judicial security, said at a press briefing Tuesday that judges can’t avoid deciding cases, and that there are already proper pathways for litigants to challenge rulings they dislike through appeals.
“Impeachment is not—shouldn’t be—a short circuiting of that process, and so it is concerning if impeachment is used in a way that is designed to do just that,” said Sullivan, who sits on the New York-based US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Law.com has Federal Appellate Judges Denounce Threats, Impeachment Efforts -- "Criticism is no surprise. It's part of the job," said Sixth Circuit Jeffrey Sutton. "But I do think when it gets to the level of a threat, it really is about attacking judicial independence, and that's just not good for the system or the country.”
Law360 has Threats Against Judges 'Top Priority,' Fed. Judiciary Says -- Protecting federal judges is a "top priority" as violent threats spike against a polarized political backdrop, making congressional funding for additional security measures more important than ever, the U.S. Judicial Conference said Tuesday.
Reuters has US federal judiciary undertakes review of its own DEI programs
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