President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
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Aliza Shatzman created the Legal Accountability Project database to gather stories from law clerks about the judges they've worked for — to help warn law students about hostile situations. Aliza Shatzman hide caption
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Many federal judges receive free rooms and subsidized travel to luxury resorts for legal conferences. NPR found that dozens of judges did not fully disclose the perks they got. Chelsea Beck for NPR hide caption
When judges get free trips to luxury resorts, disclosure is spotty
Tuesday
The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building in Washington, D.C., houses the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
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Nusrat Choudhury, lead attorney for the National ACLU National Security Program, speaks with reporters following oral arguments on the ACLU No Fly List challenge, in Portland, Ore., on May 11, 2012. President Biden has nominated Choudhury to be a federal judge in the Eastern District of New York. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
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People walk by a sign for both a COVID-19 testing clinic and a Covid vaccination location outside of a Brooklyn, New York, hospital on March, 29 2021. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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Crime scene tape surrounds the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas on Monday in North Brunswick, N.J. A gunman posing as a delivery person shot and killed Salas' 20-year-old son and wounded her husband Sunday evening before fleeing, according to officials. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
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Don McGahn left his position as White House counsel Wednesday, a move that had been announced in August. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption