U.S. courts require random judge assignments to avoid ‘judge shopping’

[AllGold]

pdq wrote:
McConnell says “What’s wrong with judge shopping?”

The GOP leader targeted his message to one Texas judicial district that conservatives have used the most to block Biden administration policies.

… “This was an unforced error by the Judicial Conference. I hope they will reconsider,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a Senate floor speech on Thursday.

… In particular, conservatives have repeatedly filed suit on issues of national importance in the Amarillo, Texas, federal courthouse in the Northern Texas federal district. That’s because the Amarillo courthouse has only one judge: the conservative activist and Trump appointee Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk.

… In addition to his floor speech, McConnell sent a letter with GOP Sens. John Cornyn (Texas) and Thom Tillis (N.C.) to David Godbey - the chief judge of the District Court of the Northern District of Texas, where Kacsmaryk’s Amarillo courthouse is situated - urging him to ignore the Judicial Conference’s new rules.

What’s the point of jamming courts full of conservative whack jobs if you can’t bring them your pet cases?

Still a P.O.S. there, I see, Mitch.