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U.S. Supreme Court,
Labor/Employment,
Government,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Jun. 14, 2018

Senate Judiciary Committee urges U.S. courts’ administrative wing to pursue harassment reform

Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee grilled the administrative head of the federal courts during a hearing on workplace harassment Wednesday, expressing concern that the nation’s justice system is not immune from sexual harassment claims that have rocked the country in recent months.

Senate Judiciary Committee urges U.S. courts’ administrative wing to pursue harassment reform
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, left, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, shown in 2017, questioned the administrator of the federal courts on combating sexual harassment.

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled the administrative head of the federal courts during a hearing on workplace harassment Wednesday, expressing concern that the nation's justice system is not immune from sexual harassment claims that have rocked the country in recent months.

"The judicial branch has a problem," the committee's chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, said in his opening remarks. "They have to...

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