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

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

  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
    15·
    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)

    • Dr. Zoidberg@lemmy.world
      22·
      1 year ago

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