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Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 15, 2024

Policy to curb judge shopping is ‘Democrats’ bidding,’ McConnell says

The pushback against the policy marks a split with Republican-appointed judges who advanced the policy to bar litigants from filing cases in divisions with a single judge who is all but guaranteed to hear it.

Policy to curb judge shopping is ‘Democrats’ bidding,’ McConnell says
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) at the Capitol on Feb. 7. (New York Times News Service)

Republican senators and Republican-appointed judges on Thursday blasted the Judicial Conference’s new, as-yet-unwritten policy aimed to block right-wing litigants from “judge shopping” for jurists they believe will rule their way in cases challenging federal and state government laws and regulations.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, and two other Republican senators suggested that district courts ignore the policy because such...

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