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The Constitution gives federal judges lifetime tenure. It does so for a reason—so judges are not beholden to politics, parties, outside interests, or public pressure. If the public comes to believe ...
Certainly, random assignment would have some downsides — committees would lose some expertise along with their “special interest” members, for example.
To illustrate the importance of random assignment, I would like you to imagine we did not use random assignment in our study of treatment for COVID-19. Unbeknownst to us, ...
I was delighted to see the Judicial Conference of the United States is acting to promote random case assignment in certain declaratory judgment and injunction cases. You can read the press release ...
Judge Beryl Howell ordered the random assignment of a judge for a House case involving Don McGahn, President Donald Trump's former White House counsel ...
Random case assignment is a hallmark of the federal justice system. Judges can't shop for cases they like and shunt aside the ones they don't. Otherwise, Medicare cases would never be heard. But ...
Rep. Stefanik slaps Judge Juan Merchan with misconduct complaint over ‘random’ assignment to Trump ‘hush money’ trial By . Victor Nava. Published May 28, 2024.
NEWS. Is Judge Albright's Influence Waning After Random-Assignment Rule? "If you look at the cases that are new that don't relate back to prior cases, then interest in the district has fallen ...
Why bother conducting experiments on treatments for COVID-19 (e.g., chloroquine) instead of relying on anecdotal evidence about their effectiveness? Random assignment is discussed.