The federal judge assigned to the election fraud case against former President Donald Trump stands out as one of the toughest punishers of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol

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    1 year ago

    How are judges assigned in the US? Is it a random selection? Like, do they pull names out of a hat? (I’m pretty sure this was the legally prescribed way in some place)

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      IIRC it’s rotational, and it changes after x amount of cases, or x amount of time, but the order is random.