Posted on 11/14/2017 1:09:18 AM PST by cotton1706
The White House may soon advise President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees not to cooperate with the American Bar Association’s independent vetting process, further weakening the dominant role the interest group has played for decades in judicial confirmations.
A source involved in the administration’s confirmation operation told The New York Times that the White House may instruct future judicial nominees not to interview with the ABA’s standing committee on the federal judiciary, or give the panel access to confidential disciplinary records.
Though the practice is not formally part of the confirmation process, the ABA has vetted federal judicial nominees since the Eisenhower administration, providing the Senate with reports grading each nominee on a spectrum from “unqualified” to “well qualified.” President George W. Bush ended the practice during his administration, though the ABA’s role was restored by President Barack Obama.
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Good move...it’s crazy a left wing group gets to vet potential nominees
ABA = Association of Bolshevik Anarchists.
Good.
That would be winning!
excellent.
Giving the ABA a veto power over judicial appointments is just another way to give leftist “experts” more power.
How are the ABA recommendations any different than any other lobbying group? Drain the swamp.
Outst9!
Brett Talley certainly sounds like a keeper! Not only pro-National Rifle Association, but so states in his writings! No wonder the liberals didn’t want him appointed as a judge!
He should also not let CNN moderate any more debates
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