A group of law students at Emory University in Atlanta is trying to change conditions for federal courthouse workers. They recently petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case that challenges the internal system the judiciary uses to police itself. American federal court workers, tens of thousands of people, are not covered by landmark civil rights protections—and they cannot turn to an independent agency for help if they experience harassment or discrimination on the job. "They have nowhere to turn, no independent enforcer, no neutral decision maker and there exists a very real threat that speaking up will cost them everything," according to Sofia Bettini, a recent Emory graduate who worked on the Supreme Court petition. Bettini and nine other students in the program spent weeks researching the facts and the law. They're working to support a former federal public defender, who says she faced sexual harassment on the job. The law student-drafted petition comes as ...
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