1.   Thousands of troops guarded the courthouse in Manila, though only a few dozen protesters rallied outside.

2.   Some armed marshals, wearing bulletproof vests, guarded the courthouse.

3.   The courthouse was heavily guarded by police with assault rifles.

4.   They also hire the special deputies who guard courthouses and transport prisoners.

5.   U.S. marshals with shotguns guard the courthouse.

6.   Under the reform bill, special deputies who now guard courthouses and transport prisoners would be grandfathered into a new system as judicial marshals.

7.   Police on Monday guarded the courthouse and manned roadblocks outside the capital to prevent unrest.