My co-bloggers Josh Blackman and Sam Bray have provided very totally different reactions to the Judicial Convention’s press launch a few new coverage on forum-shopping. Josh is strongly essential on a protracted listing of procedural and substantive grounds, whereas Sam welcomes the event.
My very own view is that we have to wait, as we do not know but what the Judicial Convention has in thoughts.
Specifically, we do not know who wrote the press launch or whether or not it precisely describes regardless of the Judicial Convention has in thoughts. It is solely potential that the “policy” is merely a advice that circuits and districts are free to disregard, as steered by an unnamed decide who wrote in to David French and Sarah Isgur on the newest episode of Advisory Opinions. It is also potential that no matter was permitted by the Judicial Convention is so delicate a suggestion that it would not even rise to a coverage, which could clarify why the text of any policy isn’t known. We simply do not know but.
Maybe there is a story right here, and in that case we will react when now we have extra particulars. However I feel it might be prudent to attend.