New policies have are attempting to stop so-called “judge shopping,” where someone wants to sue before a judge that is likely to support the case. Now Republicans are telling conservative judges that they don’t really have to follow that policy if they don’t want. After the Judicial Conference of the United States agreed to new rules aimed at limiting the ability of plaintiffs to choose judges they want to hear their cases, many Republican lawmakers expressed outrage at the change. In a letter signed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans, the lawmakers claim, “The ass…