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Calls grow for judges to control their security force

Season 2025 Episode 147 | 6m 45s

Ensuring the safety of federal judges falls to the U.S. Marshals Service, an agency within the Justice Department. But as President Trump increasingly lashes out at the courts, empowering judges to oversee their own dedicated security force is an idea that is gaining traction. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Jeremy Fogel of the Berkeley Judicial Institute at the UC Berkeley School of Law.

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