Olsen, Lise Code Of Silence 9780807008676

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Автор: Olsen, Lise
Название: Code Of Silence
ISBN: 9780807008676
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Классификация:

Общество и культура: общие вопросы

ISBN-10: 0807008672
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 264
Вес: 0.57 кг.
Дата издания: 12.10.2021
Язык: English
Размер: 226 x 152 x 28
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Основная тема: Social Science
Подзаголовок: Sexual misconduct by federal judges, the secret system that protects them, and t he women who blew the whistle
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: In the age of #MeToo, learn how brave whistleblowers have dared to lift the federal courts veil of secrecy to expose powerful judges who appear to defy laws they have sworn to uphold.

Code of Silence tells the story of federal court employee Cathy McBroom, who had to flee her job as a case manager in Galveston, Texas, after enduring years of sexual harassment and assault by her boss--US District Judge Samuel Kent. Following a decade of firsthand reporting at the Houston Chronicle, investigative reporter Lise Olsen charts McBrooms assault and the aftermath, when McBroom was thrust into the role of whistleblower to denounce a federal judge.

What Olsen discovered by investigating McBrooms story and other federal judicial misconduct matters nationwide was shocking. With the help of other federal judges, Kent was being protected by a secretive court system that has long tolerated or ignored complaints about corruption, sexism, and sexual misconduct--enabling him to remain in office for years. Other powerful judges accused of judicial misconduct were never investigated and remain in power or retired with full pay, such as US Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and Kozinskis mentee, Brett Kavanaugh.

McBrooms ultimate triumph is a rare story of redemption and victory as Judge Kent became the first and only federal judge to be impeached for sexual misconduct. Olsen also weaves in narratives of other brave women across the country who, at great personal risk, have reported federal judges to reveal how sexual harassment and assault occur elsewhere inside the federal court system. The accounts of the women and their allies who are still fighting for reforms are moving, intimate, and inspiring--including whistleblowers and law professors like Leah Litman, Emily Murphy, and novelist Heidi Bond, who emerged to denounce Kozinski in 2017. A larger group of women--and men--banded together to form a group called Law Clerks for Accountability, which is continuing to push for more reforms to the courts secretive complaint review system.

Code of Silence also reveals the role the press plays in holding systems of power in check. Kent would not have been charged had it not been for Olsens reporting and the Houston Chronicles commitment to the story.

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