Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday warned the chief judge of a Texas federal court in a letter that Congress could intervene unless he agrees 'to reform the method of assigning cases to judges' in the district.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer discusses the debt ceiling during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-RhoadesNorthern Texas court is home to conservative lawsuits challenging Biden administration
April 27 - Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer on Thursday warned the chief judge of a Texas federal court in athat Congress could intervene unless he agrees "to reform the method of assigning cases to judges" in the district. Schumer told U.S. Chief District Judge David Godbey of the Northern District of Texas, where plaintiffs have frequently sued to challenge Biden administration policies, that they have taken advantage of the rules "to hand-pick individual district judges seen as particularly sympathetic to their claims."Schumer pointed to the court's rules assigning civil cases filed in certain court divisions to one judge. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, appointed by Republican former U.S.
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