Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho criticized the US Judicial Conference's new policy aimed at preventing 'judge shopping,' stating it succumbed to political pressure and undermined judicial independence. The policy change is intended to deter right-leaning litigants from steering cases to preferred judges, a move Ho argues is influenced by 'forum shaming.'
U.S. Judicial Conference Aims to Curb "Judge Shopping": New Guidance Promoting Random Civil Case Assignments https://t.co/RkiOyeBlOb #judges #civilcase #litigation @JenGRodgers https://t.co/OLueOzeKXM
U.S. Judicial Conference Aims to Curb "Judge Shopping": New Guidance Promoting Random Civil Case Assignments https://t.co/RkiOyeBlOb #judges #civilcase #litigation @EpsteinBecker https://t.co/m7J1JzMntm
Judge James Ho of 5th Circuit argued in a speech that the US Judicial Conference's new judicial assignment policy undercut the judiciary's independence by giving into critics engaged in ‘forum shaming.’ Subscribe to The Daily Docket: https://t.co/s1z0JFiNQe https://t.co/AOZjkbx0DZ
Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho criticized a new policy meant to prevent "judge shopping," saying the federal judiciary has "decided to credit these political attacks" on single-judge divisions in Texas. https://t.co/U3JjXwHDin
Conservative US judge blasts judiciary for 'forum shaming' https://t.co/8PTdNWQzID https://t.co/6OvEO4Uk6O
A conservative federal appeals court judge argued in a speech that judicial policymakers wrongly caved into political pressure to curtail 'judge shopping' with a policy change that would deter right-leaning litigants from steering cases to preferred judges https://t.co/FDocSVjujL https://t.co/UwK0ATLId6