Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Calling On Congress To Consider Legislation To End Judge Shopping

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Northern District of Texas refusing to abide by the Judicial Conference’s judge shopping reforms and called on Congress to consider legislation to end judge shopping. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Last month, I wrote a letter to the Chief Judge of the Northern District of Texas urging the district to apply new reforms adopted by the Judicial Conference to limit the practice of judge shopping.

I was disappointed to learn that the Chief Judge and his court have decided to ignore the Judicial Conference’s reforms and allow judge shopping to continue to run rampant in his district.

The bottom line is this, it’s very simple: judge shopping jaundices the fairness of our entire legal system. No one – regardless of ideology – should tolerate when interest groups cherry-pick judges of their choice to get a favorable outcome.

If courts like the Northern District of Texas refuse to adopt commonsense reforms to limit judge shopping, Congress should consider legislation to end this dangerous practice and restore trust in our federal judiciary.

###