The building also sits at a gritty location at the intersection of TriBeCa and the Financial District, near City Hall and the courthouses.

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Another -- just this week in the Ten Commandments case -- she was the key vote in striking down the Ten Commandments display at the Kentucky courthouses.

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While war was waged in courthouses across the country, on the home front, life continued as it always had.

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To comply with these drastic budget cuts, the Los Angeles County Court system will close ten courthouses and assign all personal injury cases to one of two Judges, each of whom will be required to personally manage as many as 8, 000 cases.

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The courts are poorly financed, and the limited money available is spent on too many small courthouses.

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Since then, law enforcement officials have kept the car from view, covering it with tarps while transporting it to courthouses.

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There are also programs that reach out into the community to do improvements or maintenance to public facilities like baseball fields, courthouses and parks.

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