It's better to be clear-eyed about the prospects of a Court that's even less accountable than it is now than look back with regrets in hindsight.
With what we know about judge-shopping, not to mention the ease and prevalence of remote proceedings in a post-pandemic world, the benefits of random assignment across a district outweigh any benefits of judicial divisions.
The public has a right to know whether our top judicial officials have ample security coverage when they leave Washington, and we have a right to know more about the justices' free trips that often go unreported in their disclosures.