Instead, the policy turned out to be guidance, rather than a binding rule.
Conservative politicians are encouraging judges to reject it, while Democrats are pushing to make the policy mandatory.
And some Texas judges have stated that they will make up their own minds about what to do.
“It’s very unusual for a conference policy to become a political firestorm like this,” said Jeremy Fogel, a retired federal judge who served in the Northern District of California.
“I think that is unprecedented.”Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, swiftly condemned the new policy, which would deprive conservative activists of a potent weapon in their legal arsenal, one that they have wielded with great success in rolling back abortion rights and some Biden administration policies.
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