ThirdBranch
Marco Polo, an American nonprofit investigative group which published the definitive analysis of the Biden Laptop, now presents ThirdBranch, the first—and only—complete pictorial & biographical directory of the entire Senate-confirmed federal judiciary (district, appellate, & SCOTUS). ThirdBranch details every judge's professional & family connections & any potential conflicts that could/should warrant recusal.
What LegiStorm & Leadership Connect do for the legislative & executive branches, respectively, ThirdBranch does for the judicial branch. The best part? Marco Polo, as a charity, provides the information to the American public for free, whereas LegiStorm & Leadership Connect both cost several thousands of dollars per year. You can patronize this Marco Polo project & others like it here.
Did you know...
- The Constitution does not require federal judges—including Supreme Court justices—to be U.S. citizens. In fact, there are more than 70 foreign-born federal judges currently serving (this directory, ThirdBranch, adds a red label to each)
- Every federal judge who has been confirmed by the US Senate will make, at the very least, a quarter of a million dollars per year for the rest of his life. The only way this does not occur is Impeachment & Removal (which has occurred only 8 times since 1789) or resignation
- "Retirement" for federal judges is called "senior status." They make as much money as active status judges, yet do a fraction of the work
- Federal judges are the only people in the US who are shielded from data brokers. In essence, they all have more privacy online than the US President & his family
- A landmark study found that 131 federal judges unlawfully failed to disqualify themselves from 685 cases from 2010—2018 in which they or their families held financial interests or stock in the litigating parties
Legal Disclaimer
Having seen the lengths which entities in the American federal law enforcement apparatus have gone to harass and/or imprison citizens who provide transparency and/or expose corruption, Marco Polo unequivocally disclaims any intention to cause any threat, intimidating action, or incitement of harm to any person covered by 18 USC § 119 and/or the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022. Furthermore, we do not condone, encourage, intend, or have any knowledge that any other person will or may use the information herein for any unlawful purpose. Marco Polo's motive is to provide transparency into the ThirdBranch of the American federal government; we are "engaged in reporting [] & other activities intended to inform the public on matters of public interest or public concern" within the meaning of the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022, Pub. L. 117-263, § 5933(3)(B)(i), 28 U.S.C. § 601 note.