The ABA has zero credibility in that it is responsible for disciplining its members and like the American Medical Association does a lousy job of it.
Perhaps the author should explain why Elena Kagan was qualified to be a Supreme Court justice. Most of her “experience” was as an academic and an administrative role at the DOJ. She admitted during her hearings for the Supreme Court she had never tried a case from filing to verdict.
You both touched on the two people I thought of after reading the title of this thread.
The ABA’s views ring hollow here.