Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., urged a top U.S. judge in Texas to reform his district’s case-assignment rules that he says have allowed plaintiffs to effectively “hand-pick” their preferred judges. Schumer’s demand to Chief Judge David Godbey of northern Texas federal court came after a heated legal battle over the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an abortion pill sparked accusations of “judge shopping” by conservative litigants. Multiple court divisions in Godbey’s district have just one or two district judges. The rules currently allow for plaintiffs to target those divisions for civil cases — letting them “effectively choose the...