I was delighted to see the Judicial Conference of the United States is acting to promote random case assignment in certain declaratory judgment and injunction cases. You can read the press release ...

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“The random case-assignment policy deters judge-shopping and the assignment of cases based on the perceived merits or abilities of a particular judge. It promotes the impartiality of proceedings and ...

“While Chief Justice Roberts did not mention venue or case assignment in the Western District of Texas by name, that is what he is concerned about, which is clear from his reference to Senators ...