Federal Courts Crack Down On Legal Strategy That Has Given Trump Judges Massive Power

The Judicial Conference, the policymaking body for federal courts, announced Tuesday that it would take action against the judge-shopping that has let right-wing litigants funnel cases to friendly, often Donald Trump-appointed judges.

“The policy addresses all civil actions that seek to bar or mandate state or federal actions, ‘whether by declaratory judgment and/or any form of injunctive relief,’” the conference said in a press release. “In such cases, judges would be assigned through a district-wide random selection process.”

It will apply to “cases involving state or federal laws, rules, regulations, policies, or executive branch orders.”

For the past few years, those who want to challenge Biden administration policies have often sought out divisions with one or two ideologically-aligned judges, all but guaranteeing their desired outcome. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, most infamous for his ruling against the abortion drug mifepristone, has become the poster boy for this practice.
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It's welcome news. I never understood how the practice began or how it could have been tolerated for so long. It's like politicians picking their constituents. Wait......Repubs do that too.

 

Seems to be good practice to uphold the blind scales of justice. Judge shopping is a form of rigging and even corruption. Tailor made hypothetical "cases" should also be discouraged.

 

Just another weapon in the lawfare arsenal. This new attempt at lawfare will just drive his numbers higher. Thanks left!

 

They do realize that every single politician and lawyer has done the SAME EXACT THING for longer than anyone alive can remember....yet they're only targeting one specific group....

 

Moves by the judicial conference play both ways.

Letitia james will need to pay attention to this as well.