General Discussion
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(42,704 posts)There isn't much in the way of precedent for Congress transferring judges from one court to another. The standard, to the extent one exists, is that it may be okay to transfer a judge from one court to a comparable court, but not to a position that is substantially different. In 1980, the Carter DOJ opined on this subject (see OLC opinion starting on page 538).
https://books.google.com/books?id=8_62FkxZ-AkC&pg=PA538&lpg=PA538&dq=s.+1477+transfer+judges&source=bl&ots=p6nLzo8X5P&sig=ACfU3U20ax1U9-TeuDBwKAEHbPFIqNMTGg&hl=en&ppis=_e&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwic5_6R3-XoAhVNhXIEHW0XAJ4Q6AEwCnoECAYQKA#v=onepage&q=s.%201477%20transfer%20judges&f=false
The power to nominate judges is vested by the Constitution in the President. It would be a tricky thing for Congress to step in and designate specific judges for transfer to a court different from the one the president selected.
Also, as a practical matter, court cases don't always break down into neat categories like "medical" or "taxes" or "corporations" so that seems like a particularly impractical solution.