Opinion: Thomas Elias: Judge-shopping is a problem that will only get worse
Judge-shopping is commonplace in American courts, with lawyers constantly trying to get their cases heard by judges they consider predisposed to rule their way.
Let’s first take a look at the general practice of judge shopping, though, which by all rights should be outlawed, as judges in all cases ideally should be chosen as randomly as possible. The practice has become so accepted that now judges have begun to try it on each other. The trend reached another new extreme, also this past spring.
Connolly objected to a Facebook post from Lowenthal advocating for police to be trained in “civil rights, civil liberties and … understand past inequities and oppression…” that allegedly influence some crimes today. Lowenthal denied any prejudice in the case and ultimately fended off Connolly’s bid to disqualify him.
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