An NPR investigation finds federal judges have enormous influence with few checks on their power. Law clerks and other ...

This story includes descriptions of sexual abuse ... she felt lucky to get a job as a law clerk to a new federal judge. Horton said she disclosed her pregnancy a couple of months before she ...

Law clerks and other judicial employees are vulnerable to mistreatment and have few job protections. (Isabel Seliger for NPR) This story includes descriptions of sexual abuse. In 2020, as the ...