Federal Judiciary Takes Action to Curb 'Judge-Shopping' Tactics, Used to Block Biden's Policies

Benzinga 2024-03-13

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The federal judiciary's policy-making body is clamping down on "judge-shopping" tactics. Judge shopping involves strategically filing lawsuits in courts with perceived sympathetic judges. It has been used successfully by conservatives to block Biden's policies and liberal issues. A new policy broadens the judge pool for nationwide and statewide injunction cases. Such cases will now go through the lottery system for an entire district court, making it harder to single out a particular judge favorable to their arguments. The new policy aims to curb judge-shopping and boost public faith in the judiciary.

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