McConnell, GOP Senators Push Back on Curbing of ‘Judge Shopping’

Republican senators and conservative judges are pushing back against a new policy from the Judicial Conference aimed at cracking down on “judge shopping.” On Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized the federal judiciary’s move to curb judge shopping, a practice where litigants choose judges perceived to be sympathetic to their arguments. Cases seeking national injunctions have been on the rise in recent years, and Senate Republicans have sought to pare back that practice, McConnell said. But said he called the court’s new approach an “unforced error.” Mr. McConnell said that Senate Republicans have tried to address the issue of the growing number of cases in recent years that have sought national injections against policy decisions. However, he alleged that the Judicial Conference, the policymaking body of the judiciary, had made an “unforced error” and was effectively siding with Democrats....