[cotton1706]

That doesn't make sense. Wouldn't they be an arm of the Justice Department. I am against the court having it's own army to enforce it's rulings. That is for the executive power to carry out.

[Thanatos]

Actually, you are correct.. US Marshall's are appointed by the President and/or the US Attorney General's Office. They are there to work for the Judicial Branch.. There are only 95 US Marshall's in the United States.

http://www.usmarshals.gov/duties/index.html

[Defiant]

From the US Marshalls web site:

For over 200 years, U.S. Marshals and their Deputies have served as the instruments of civil authority by all three branches of the U.S. government