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Federal Courts Want More Money From Congress for Security

The judiciary’s leadership met in Washington, emphasized their budgetary needs and said that threats against judges remained a problem.

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New legislation proposed by House Republicans would provide $58 million in additional money for the U.S. States Marshals Service and to protect the Supreme Court, as well as $30 million for lawmakers’ security. But it would not earmark new funds for the protection of lower-court judges.
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