Republican Senators McConnell, Cornyn, Tillis, and Lee criticize the Judicial Conference for alleged bias in targeting forum shopping. They accuse the Conference of bowing to political pressure from Democrats like Schumer and Whitehouse. The Senators argue for fairer practices in case assignment and decry the perceived partisan nature of the courts.
New from me via @MSNBC: The reaction by Republican Senators (and others) to the new Judicial Conference proposal to curb “judge-shopping” drives home the partisan nature of the practice—and thereby drives home *why* such a reform is long overdue: https://t.co/FiyVPe5UAY
The political polarization of the courts was probably inevitable once their role in making public policy expanded. | @rameshponnuru https://t.co/HNgHn1IdE2
1. Reading McConnell’s letter opposing the random assignment of cases challenging federal laws, the politics mirrors what’s happened with nat’l injunctions at SCOTUS. This is not a letter opposing random case assignment. This is a letter against random case assignment “for now.” https://t.co/GLvDQEimFM https://t.co/XhisMVnhBN
I agree with @LeaderMcConnell—the Judicial Conference is doing the Left’s bidding here. Americans deserve better. https://t.co/nJw51geyiC
“The courts should resist the political currents, but here, the Judicial Conference has kowtowed to Senators Schumer and Whitehouse, and some scholars.” https://t.co/p29jylvKCk https://t.co/gCamjR4t9j
Senators McConnell, Cornyn, and Tillis Send Letters To Chief Judges About Judicial Conference "Policy" https://t.co/ijuyw6L67c
Watch @LeaderMcConnell tear into the Judicial Conference for doing the Left’s bidding by only targeting one type of forum shopping with their new policy: “Now that nationwide injunctions are being used against the Biden Administration, liberal allies in academia and the media… https://t.co/QL89HFfT9E