BOASBERG ACT: GOP Moves to Stop Radical, Rogue Judges From Handpicking Trump Cases

Boasberg did not merely encounter repeated Trump litigation by chance. An opaque judicial-assignment system repeatedly concentrated critical Trump cases in his courtroom, while his position as chief judge gave him control over additional secret proceedings.

That has to stop.

The BOASBERG Act prevents judges from forcing their way onto cases and is an important piece of court transparency legislation that will help restore the American people’s confidence in our judiciary.”

Sen. Eric Schmitt’s bill mandates random case assignments, exposes court-selection practices and bars chief judges from manipulating who hears politically explosive cases.

BOASBERG ACT: Sen. Eric Schmitt introduces legislation named after the federal judge who has repeatedly clashed with the Trump administration — designed to end judge shopping in federal courts by requiring random case assignment.

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GOP senator unveils BOASBERG Act to stop ‘rogue’ judges from handpicking Trump cases

Sen Schmitt’s BOASBERG Act would require random assignment of federal cases and bar chief judges from influencing who hears them

By: Alex Miller, Fox News, July 28, 2026:

A Senate Republican is planning to curb so-called “rogue” judges, and he is using one of President Donald Trump’s greatest foils in the judicial branch as the launching point.

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is planning to introduce the Blocking Overt Attempts at Shopping By Enforcing Randomization Guidelines Act in an attempt to curb judge shopping in federal cases. The bill, shortened to the BOASBERG Act, is named after U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, one of Trump’s main antagonists on the bench.

Schmitt’s legislation, first obtained by Fox News Digital, would broadly require that federal cases be randomly assigned in a bid to limit the ability of judges and litigants to influence who gets to hear and oversee a case.

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is dropping legislation that would require federal cases to be doled out to federal judges at random to prevent so-called “rogue” judges in the Judicial Branch, and it’s named after Judge James Boasberg — the GOP’s “poster child” for political forces in the judiciary, according to Schmitt. (Getty Images)

“Judge Boasberg is the poster child for a rogue judge and exposed serious loopholes in our judicial system,” Schmitt said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Randomly assigning cases among judges ensures the American people can have confidence in the impartiality of our courts.”

Schmitt’s legislation adds several guardrails to the selection process for federal cases and gives courts 120 days after enactment to implement them.

It would require the random assignment of federal civil cases, prohibit chief judges from influencing case assignments, require courts to publicly disclose their case assignment practices, create penalties for meddling with or manipulating the assignment process, and require the random reassignment of a case if the Supreme Court intervenes in a ruling.