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Article: JUDICIARY PANEL REPORTS LEAHY BILL TO EXTEND SUPREME COURT POLICE AUTHORITY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 11, 2008
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., issued the following statement:
A bill to extend the authority of the U.S. Supreme Court Police to protect justices and court officials when outside the Supreme Court grounds was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee today. It will now head to the Senate for consideration.
The legislation was introduced in July by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). Without congressional action, the authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the Supreme Court ...