Judicial Security and Independence: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, February 14, 2007, Volume 4 |
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Page 47 - ABOUT CCJ The Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) was organized in 1949 and its membership consists of the highest judicial officer in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
Page 47 - and is dedicated to the improvement of state court systems. Its membership consists of the principal court administrative officer in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
Page 40 - of the Committee, On behalf of the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA), it is a privilege to provide testimony for consideration in the Subcommittee's hearing examining
Page 40 - of Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands and the Territories of American Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands. The National
Page 43 - run security operations in a courthouse. As you know, most local governments struggle to meet day-to-day operations of running their governments and have little options to improve or implement new security measures in courthouses. Because there is no adequate funding source, many courts report that they have no formal security plan.
Page 66 - These liens are also filed to harass a judge against whom a civil action has been initiated by the individual who has filed the lien. Often, such liens are placed on the property of judges based on the allegation that the property is at issue in the lawsuit. While the
Page 45 - Federal Funding - State and local courts have not been able to apply directly for some Department of Justice (DOJ) administered programs because of the definition of "unit of local government" that has been included in the enabling legislation for the various programs. The result of this language is that state and local courts are not able to apply directly for these
Page 43 - in recent years. Furthermore, given that the state courts try approximately 96 million cases per year, the opportunities for incidents and the magnitude of the problem cannot be overstated. Also, let me emphasize that while judges and court personnel are seriously at risk during any incident, the risk to the public is also significant. THREATS AGAINST JUDGES Since the Fulton County
Page 43 - of the matter is that, because of the cost of compiling such a large amount of data, we do not know the full extent of the problem. In a survey by the family law section of the
Page 42 - including an incident in which law enforcement was able to arrest the perpetrator before he was able to carry out the actual bombing, an incident in which a firebomb was discovered in a courthouse before it