New: Supreme Court justices can get vaccinated now. The rest of the courts are on their own.
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The federal judiciary's administrative arm in DC can't centrally arrange to get judges and staff vaccinated nationwide. So judges are directly appealing to state and local officials, arguing there are critical court functions that can't be done remotely.
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"We seek no special treatment, but the federal judiciary has no means to provide vaccination to any of our employees. ... Hence our appeal to you," the chief judges of the federal district courts in Wisconsin wrote to the governor last week buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
It's not just about judges — court staff include employees who monitor defendants waiting for trial, which is work that can't happen virtually alone, and federal public defenders, whose work has been significantly complicated by the high COVID #s in jails buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Accounting for the federal justice system is just one example of the many, many complexities that state officials will have to work through as they craft vaccination plans buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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