Judge Shopping Targeted by ABA, Citing Texas Abortion Lawsuit

The American Bar Association wants courts to crack down on judge shopping in cases challenging federal and state regulations, and laws.

The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates on Monday adopted a resolution that “urges federal courts to eliminate case assignment mechanisms that predictably assign cases to a single U.S. District Court judge without random assignment.”

State attorneys general and other lawyers challenging big ticket federal and state actions have long looked to get their suits in front of judges who they believe are likely to side with them. The practice has grown in recent years with litigants seeking out ...