Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel, R-Ky., on Thursday criticized a move made by the federal judiciary to restrict the practice of “judge-shopping,” an approach conservative lawyers have recently used in high-profile cases in an effort to find a sympathetic jurist.us polictics news Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel, R-Ky., on Thursday criticized a move made by the federal judiciary to restrict the practice of “judge-shopping,” an approach conservative lawyers have recently used in high-profile cases in an effort to find a sympathetic jurist.