The Biden administration is accusing Texas of tilting the playing field. Department of Justice officials believe AG Ken Paxton is deliberately bringing lawsuits before federal judges who will look more favorably upon them.
he once famously saidCurrent Attorney General Ken Paxton is continuing that tradition, and now, the Biden administration is accusing Texas of tilting the playing field. Department of Justice officials believe Paxton is deliberately bringing lawsuits before federal judges who will look more favorably upon them.
In the past, Paxton has boasted about suing President Joe Biden more than two dozen times. After he filed his latest suit, Biden’s Justice Department filed a motion accusing Texas of “judge shopping,” the process of taking cases to federal courts where it’s almost certain a judge appointed by former President Donald Trump will take them up.
“Our civil litigation system depends upon random assignment of judges as one of the hallmarks of fairness — the idea that you can't manipulate the specific judge. You're going to get just by where you file or when you file. This practice that Texas is engaging in runs squarely into that principle,” Vladeck told Spectrum News. “Why is Texas so desperate to file their lawsuits, not where it would be convenient in Austin, or at the border, but in Amarillo or in Victoria.
Blackman said it’s common for attorneys to file suits in courts they think will be more favorable to them. He said Democratic attorneys general did this during the Trump presidency, too.
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