Federal judges have ruled against the Biden administration in several recent high-profile cases, and those on the Left are not happy about it. Instead of defending their policies on the merits in front of these judges, those on the Left have instead pressured the principal policy-making body for the federal judiciary to change how cases are assigned to those judges. Sadly, that body bowed to the pressure and created new guidance for assigning certain cases—all to soften the criticism coming from the Left.
The Judicial Conference of the United States serves as the “principal policy-making body” for the federal judiciary. The chief justice heads the conference, and other judges from various lower federal courts serve as members alongside him.
Chief Justice John Roberts has explained that Congress created the Judicial Conference just over a century ago to help ensure…
