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- U.S. judges propose updating warrants for Tor, remote searches: p338 (2014) http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/rules/preliminary-draft-proposed-amendments.pdf 46 comments
- Response of US Govt to Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, and LinkedIn [pdf] http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/courts/fisc/motion-declaratory-judgement-131002.pdf 34 comments
- LinkedIn in FISA court [pdf] http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/courts/fisc/misc-13-07-motion-for-declaratory-judgement-LinkedIn-130917.pdf 5 comments
- The Judicial Conference of the United States has strengthened the policy governing random case assignment, limiting the ability of litigants to effectively choose judges in certain cases by where they file a lawsuit. https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2024/03/12/conference-acts-promote-random-case-assignment 14 comments law
- Conference Acts to Promote Random Case Assignment https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2024/03/12/conference-acts-promote-random-case-assignment 30 comments law
- Bankruptcy Filings Rise 13 Percent https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2023/10/26/bankruptcy-filings-rise-13-percent 10 comments economy
- Judiciary Seeks New Judgeships, Reaffirms Need for Enhanced Security https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2021/03/16/judiciary-seeks-new-judgeships-reaffirms-need-enhanced-security 4 comments law
- Legal question: can Congress arbitrarily decide to add or remove the total number of federal judges in the United States on their own or can they only act based on the recommendations of the bi-annual Judicial Conference report? It's not made totally clear on any of the official websites. https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/governance-judicial-conference 28 comments law
- 11th Circuit applies strict scrutiny in analyzing wealth discrimination in the voter enfranchisement context by upholding the injunction against Florida https://www.uscourts.gov/courts/ca11/201914551.pdf 75 comments law
- [Federal] Judiciary Has Funds to Operate Through Jan. 31 https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2019/01/22/judiciary-has-funds-operate-through-jan-31 11 comments politics
- Federal Judiciary Has Funds to Operate Through Jan. 31, potentially Feb. 1, but no further https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2019/01/22/judiciary-has-funds-operate-through-jan-31 5 comments law
- Expectations of a judge http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/code-conduct-united-states-judges 11 comments politics
- Video of TRO hearing giving rise to nationwide injunction against Trump executive order http://www.uscourts.gov/cameras-courts/state-washington-vs-donald-j-trump-et-al 32 comments law
- How do I Bluebook cite to a preliminary draft of proposed amendments to FRCP? http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/rules/preliminary-draft-proposed-amendments.pdf 8 comments law
- All Federal Courts websites -- including the circuit courts and online filing (PACER) -- are currently down. Anyone know what's going on? http://www.uscourts.gov 12 comments technology
- The average cost of a wiretap order last year was $50,452. The highest cost was $872,841 for a Federal wiretap in the Eastern district of Washington. 87.39% of these wiretap orders were connected to drug-related charges. Only 18.19% of these wiretaps actually led to a conviction. http://www.uscourts.gov/statistics/wiretapreports/wiretap-report-2012.aspx 26 comments technology
- Any Fed. defenders worried about this? http://www.uscourts.gov/News/NewsView/12-03-13/Conference_Continues_Aggressive_Cost_Containment.aspx 4 comments law
- TIL that the US has 91 Judicial Vacancies w/38 considered emergencies http://www.uscourts.gov/judgesandjudgeships/judicialvacancies.aspx 3 comments politics
- Requests for permission to wiretap electronic transmissions went up 34% in 2010 http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/statistics/wiretapreports/2010/2010wiretapreport.pdf 4 comments politics
- Justice Roberts' 2009 report on the judiciary contains an interesting observation: "The number of criminal cases reached its highest level since 1932, the year before ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed prohibition." http://www.uscourts.gov/newsroom/2009/2009YearEndReport.pdf 4 comments law