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American Bar Association refers to conservatives as ‘you people’ when rating Trump’s judicial pick
The Washington Times ^ | November 1, 2017 | Alex Swoyer

Posted on 11/01/2017 4:46:10 PM PDT by jazusamo

American Bar Association evaluators referred to conservatives as “you people” and prodded one of President Trump’s judicial picks on his personal beliefs about abortion before slapping him with the group’s lowest judicial rating, the nominee told Congress Wednesday.

Leonard Grasz, nominated for the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, received a “not qualified” rating from the ABA after the grilling. He said that during the questioning it became clear the ABA evaluators didn’t like his pro-life personal stance.

“I was asked repeatedly for my personal opinion on social issues including abortion — it seemed to be a great topic of interest to the reviewer,” Mr. Grasz, an Omaha based lawyer, told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“The interviewer repeatedly used in a negative connotation the phrase, ‘you people,’ and at one point, I stopped him and I said, sir, who do you mean by ‘you people?’ And he said, ‘conservatives and Republicans.’”

Mr. Grasz also said a reviewer questioned him about a white paper he wrote while serving as Chief Deputy Attorney General of Nebraska, criticizing the ABA’s role in reviewing state judges for being too political with regards to the Second Amendment and abortion rights.

His comments were the latest strike against the ABA and its role in the judicial selection process. Democrats have called the ABA’s rating the “gold standard” for evaluating judge picks, and have suggested low ratings should be a black mark against nominees.

Republicans have been more skeptical of the group’s ratings.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aba; judicialnominees; leftism; leonardgrasz; liberalbias; trump; trumpjudges
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The progressive/leftist ABA has become a tool of the Democrat Party for judicial nominees, it's good that President Trump has decided not to wait for their evaluation.
1 posted on 11/01/2017 4:46:10 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Why...WHY!!!...is this President submitting his judicial choices for review by a bunch of leftist assmonkeys????


2 posted on 11/01/2017 4:47:42 PM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, Conservative by principle.)
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To: MeganC

You know of whom you very speak.


3 posted on 11/01/2017 4:50:11 PM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: MeganC

I don’t think he is, I believe it’s a standard thing for judicial nominees.


4 posted on 11/01/2017 4:50:39 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: MeganC

“Why...WHY!!!...is this President submitting his judicial choices for review by a bunch of leftist assmonkeys????”

You’ve not ben paying attention apparently. Trump is in the business of exposing people for who they really are. He excels at it.

I’ve learned more about the DC swamp in the past year than in the 10 years prior.

I’m beyond disgusted.


5 posted on 11/01/2017 4:51:06 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: jazusamo

Gods in black dresses having a catfight because they got rejected.


6 posted on 11/01/2017 4:51:30 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: jazusamo

I thought Trump stopped using ABA?


7 posted on 11/01/2017 4:51:59 PM PDT by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: jazusamo

The ABA endorsed abortion back in the early 1990s. That’s when many lawyers departed from the trade organization.


8 posted on 11/01/2017 4:53:06 PM PDT by Savonarola
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To: Reno89519

He’s not paying attention to or waiting for their BS evaluations.


9 posted on 11/01/2017 4:54:48 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

More harm has been done to the USA by those that are part of the aba than about any other group. They bleed the nation with their nonsense.


10 posted on 11/01/2017 4:55:34 PM PDT by boycott
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MAGA!

Lets git ‘er done, folks!

Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

11 posted on 11/01/2017 4:58:22 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

They were thrown out of the process years ago for doing the same thing. They were only allowed back in by promising good behavior and keeping politics out. Apparently, they just can’t restrain themselves. Time to throw them out for good.


12 posted on 11/01/2017 4:58:31 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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Time to throw them out for good.

Absolutely, couldn't agree more.

13 posted on 11/01/2017 5:01:45 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Savonarola

Who you have for enemies says just as much about you as who you have for friends. A bad rating from the ABA because you actually believe in the sanctity of human life is as good a recommendation as anything I can think of.

When the butchers of humanity are your enemies you’re on good, solid ground.


14 posted on 11/01/2017 5:02:07 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: jazusamo

If/when we go back to when I remember things... that was America... no abortions.. no one would have even thought of it being done legally .. and selling the baby parts after they are pulled from limb to limb and the rest cut out of that precious little body... to be sold for profit. How could we have gone this far into absolutely degradation! and then think someone who finds it abhorrent, be the one who is considered wrong.

It goes on from there... all horribly wrong and all thought of by the far left as what they want as ‘normal’. There is nothing normal about their thinking! Most of it is out of the pits!


15 posted on 11/01/2017 5:02:10 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: jazusamo

Trump is making all the right enemies (and I’m a lawyer!).


16 posted on 11/01/2017 5:06:55 PM PDT by KevinB (When you drink the water, remember the men or women who dug the well.)
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To: KevinB

Bump!!


17 posted on 11/01/2017 5:09:09 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo
Rush Limbaugh had his chance to be a regular commentator on the McNeil Lehrer News Hour.

But his first time up he referred to the other commentators as "You people".

That was his one and only appearance.

Rush has a way of screwing up every time he has a chance to go to the next level (e.g. the black QB controversy, calling Fluke a whore, etc.)

He's not the great professional he puts himself out to be.

18 posted on 11/01/2017 5:12:31 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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“you people?” What is this Mississippi in the 1930’s?

The Democratic Party since its beginnings has been the party of racism and slavery. The American Bar Association and the Trial Lawyers Associations have always been tools of the Democratic Party.

At least they are going out into the sunshine about their racism.......”you people”

19 posted on 11/01/2017 5:13:10 PM PDT by Robert357 ( Dan Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.)
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To: KevinB

Yes he is making the right enemies, and God has blessed Trump with a lot of stupid enemies.

“You People”! How stupid is it to expose yourself like that? Do they think they’re Weinstein?


20 posted on 11/01/2017 5:14:53 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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