Two conservative federal appeals court judges on Wednesday criticized judicial policymakers for adopting a new rule aimed at curtailing “judge shopping” by state attorneys general, activists and others who challenge government policies in courthouses where one or two sympathetic judges hear most cases.

U.S. Circuit Judges James Ho and Edith Jones of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in separate statements said the policy approved by the U.S. Judicial Conference on Tuesday was the result of political pressure and conflicted with federal law.

The rule the 26-member Judicial Conference approved was designed to curb a litigation strategy used by conservative litigants to challenge Biden administration policies, often in one-or-two judge courthouses in Texas.

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    It’s always economic terminology with these people, that and sports references (three strikes or w/e).

    On a psychological level their choice of wording reveals that they see everything in terms of money, rather than ideals and values.

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      I had my family telling me killing homeless people for the theft of a propane tank is okay. So I think that trend of thought exists in much more than our governing bodies.

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        What I find strange is that we are not hanging people in cages outside the city gates. Because nothing else has fucking changed.