U.S. Senate leaders have introduced legislation aimed at ending 'judge shopping,' a practice where litigants seek favorable courts, particularly highlighted by a federal courthouse in Amarillo with a Trump-appointed judge popular among conservative litigants. The bipartisan effort includes dueling bills from the Senate's top Democrat and Republican. This legislative push is supported by academic voices, including Professor Judith Resnik, who emphasized the importance of impartial judicial assignments. Meanwhile, Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho has openly criticized these policy changes, arguing they succumb to political pressure and unfairly target single-judge divisions in Texas.
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
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/kDMj6sm1au
“There’s a consensus that you shouldn’t be able to pick the judge who decides your case.” — Professor Judith Resnik explains the push to end judge shopping, via @nytimes. https://t.co/rP5yWlRisk
The Senate’s top Democrat and top Republican proposed dueling bills to prevent litigants from “judge-shopping” to obtain preferred outcomes in court. https://t.co/53vRK7SQWs
U.S. Senate leaders introduced legislation to end “judge shopping” — a practice that’s made a federal courthouse in Amarillo with a Trump-appointed judge a destination for conservative litigants challenging Biden administration policies. https://t.co/JLTgfoSk3I