A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report last week disclosed what appeared to be a blatant case of “judge-shopping.”
When the conservative group Citizens for Responsible Government Advocates filed a lawsuit earlier this month, they filled out paperwork in a way as to ensure they could get a particular judge to oversee the case, the Oct. 17 article stated.
The case had to do with campaign finance and how groups and candidates could work together.
Not surprisingly, after the “judge-shopping,” U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa, who was the presiding judge over the case, “issued an order limiting how campaign finance laws could be enforced, opening the door for groups and candidates to team up in the weeks before the Nov. 4 election,” the Journal Sentinel reported.
Cases are supposed to be randomly assigned, but in this case the group said it was related to other similar cases the judge had presided over and therefore should go to him.