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“Judge VanDyke Displays Guns in Chambers in Unusual Video Dissent; VanDyke, in robes, displayed handguns in chambers; Other Ninth Circuit members bashed video opinion”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report. The article concludes, “The US Marshals Service and Ninth Circuit didnt respond to requests for comments regarding courthouse protocols for the possession of firearms by judges.
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