Judiciary Approves Own Approach on Judges’ Financial Disclosures

Financial disclosures submitted by judges would be more readily available under a plan authorized by the judiciary’s policymaking arm on Tuesday.

The online system approved by the Judicial Conference at its biannual meeting stops short of making all financial disclosures publicly available, and focuses instead on streamlining the process for getting information to those who request it.

Financial disclosures can be made public now, but they’re are not easily or quickly accessible.

The new approach differs from legislation pending in Congress that would require the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to create an online searchable database for judges’ financial ...