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From RN Collins, selected work

The article, the sources and the image credits behind this post, each linked to the original.

The articleRead RN's full article in The Polymath polymath-rn-collins.beehiiv.com

Research cited

  1. Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53 law.cornell.edu
  2. 5 U.S.C. 553 law.cornell.edu
  3. Moksnes, Sense of Coherence (Springer, 2021) doi.org

Other sources

  1. Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule (effective January 1, 2020), uscourts.gov uscourts.gov
  2. Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes section 92-3 data.capitol.hawaii.gov

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
The entrance hall of the Rush Hudson Limbaugh SrSource: U.S. District Court, E.D. Mo.Photo record
Slide 2
The lobby of the Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Grand Junction, Colorado, with a walk-through metal detector at the left and the edge of the screening table beside it, in front of the elevatorsPhoto: Carol M. Highsmith, LOCPhoto record
Slide 3a
Illustrative photo: an empty public records inspection workstation in a Hennepin County, Minnesota government office: a desk with one monitor, keyboard and mouse, a stack of paper and two office chairs, in a windowless roomPhoto: Tony WebsterPhoto record
Slide 3b
Illustrative photo: a brass mail slot set in a wood-paneled wall at the Madison Parish Courthouse in Tallulah, Louisiana, with a wooden catch box hanging open beneath itPhoto: KtkvtshPhoto record
Slide 4a
Illustrative photo: a wall sign and arrow reading District Court Public Access Computers beside a blue paper marker in a basement corridor of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, with double doors on the rightPhoto: Tony WebsterPhoto record
Slide 4b
Illustrative photo: a row of public research computers on a long table in the Hennepin County Law Library on an upper floor of a government building in Minneapolis, with shelves of bound law books beside a wall of windows and a few people far in the backgroundPhoto: IanstadePhoto record
Slide 5
The front of the Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Grand Junction, Colorado, cropped to the entrance: a wide stone staircase with metal handrails, railed landings at both sides, and two sets of glass doors beneath arched windowsPhoto: Carol M. Highsmith, LOC, croppedPhoto record
Slide 6a
An empty federal courtroom in the James A. Byrne United States Courthouse in Philadelphia, seen from the public gallery, with spectator benches in the foreground, the bar rail, counsel tables and the judges' bench under the federal sealPhoto: Carol M. Highsmith, LOCPhoto record
Slide 6b
Illustrative photo: a closed pair of wooden courtroom doors in a tiled courthouse corridor, with a plaque reading Quiet please, court in session, recording in progress, and the edge of a docket schedule screen at the upper leftPhoto: Kalbome22Photo record
Slide 7a
Illustrative photo: the empty city council chamber in Providence, Rhode Island City Hall, seen from the gallery, with the members' desks arranged in a horseshoe, a railing for the public and tall windows behindPhoto: Kenneth C. ZirkelPhoto record
Slide 7b
Illustrative photo: looking up through the open-air central rotunda of the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu, past rings of balconies to a tree silhouette and the skyPhoto: FarragutfulPhoto record
Slide 7c
Illustrative photo: the red brick facade of the U.S. Government Publishing Office building in Washington, D.C., seen from the street with a banner on the left and a tree at the upper rightPhoto: Geraldshields11Photo record
Slide 8a
The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building near Fort Snelling, Minnesota, a long gray concrete building seen across trees, with an American flag at its basePhoto: Tony WebsterPhoto record
Slide 8b
Illustrative photo: the stainless steel call panel of an elevator at the Madison Parish Courthouse in Tallulah, Louisiana, with a column of floor buttons and a yellow sign reading no cell phones or pagers allowed in courtroomPhoto: KtkvtshPhoto record
Slide 9a
Illustrative photo: a long empty hallway in the Historic Utah County Courthouse in Provo, Utah, with wooden benches down the middle of the carpet, marble columns, closed office doors and glass doors at the far endPhoto: Ben P LPhoto record
Slide 9b
Illustrative photo: a closed varnished wooden door with a mail slot and a louvered lower panel, in a tiled corridor of the Madison Parish Courthouse in Tallulah, LouisianaPhoto: KtkvtshPhoto record

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