Practically all citizens agree that the federal judiciary is critically important to our democracy. For citizens to have confidence in and respect for the judiciary, it must be above suspicion. To ...

“The random case-assignment policy deters judge-shopping and the assignment of cases based on the perceived merits or abilities of a particular judge. It promotes the impartiality of proceedings and ...

"If you look at the cases that are new that don't relate back to prior cases, then interest in the district has fallen considerably," Brian Love said. A Santa Clara University report analyzed the ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) filed a misconduct complaint Tuesday against the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial, alleging that his selection to handle the former president’s ...

WASHINGTON — The chief judge of U.S. District Court in Washington rejected a request Wednesday from a House panel to hear a case seeking to enforce a subpoena for Don McGahn, President Donald Trump's ...

I’ve worded the paper’s conclusion carefully, following the lead of Chilton and Levy. Their paper, posted at SSRN in November and entitled, “Challenging the Randomness of Panel Assignment in the ...

Proposed Changes to Pro Bono 'Madden' Assignments Open for Comment "The current 'Madden' system of random assignments to uncompensated counsel is not effective in matching willing and skilled ...