Posted on 03/21/2024 2:08:07 PM PDT by george76
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) gave us another amusing demonstration of his ability to humiliate Joe Biden’s unqualified judicial nominees during Wednesday's confirmation hearing.
United States District Judge Nancy Maldonado of the Northern District of Illinois, who has been nominated by Joe Biden for a spot on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, had previously signed a brief supporting a ban on "assault weapons" in Illinois state courts in the 2010s, yet, when he asked her to define "assault weapons,” she couldn’t.
“You said, ‘assault weapons may be banned because they’re extraordinarily dangerous and are not appropriate for legitimate self-defense purposes,’” Kennedy said. “Tell me what you meant by assault weapons.”
“Just to clarify there, I was local counsel—” Maldonado said
“But you wrote the brief, tell me what you meant by assault weapons,” he pressed.
“Senator Kennedy, I actually I did not write the brief. The brief was written by—"
“You signed the brief, though, didn’t you?"
“Correct, I signed the brief,” she conceded.
“When you sign a brief you're testifying to the court that everything in it is true, right?"
Maldonado also agreed with Kennedy’s characterization that as far as the court is concerned, since she signed the brief, the words were hers.
“Tell me what you meant by assault weapons,” Kennedy said.
“So, I am not a gun expert,” Maldonado responded.
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Kennedy followed up by pointing out that she gave the court advice, essentially claiming to be an expert and advised that assault weapons should be banned.
"Just tell me what you wanted to ban,” he told her.
For the left, “assault weapon" has become a catch-all term used to evoke fear as they push for stricter gun control measures. Yet, they repeatedly prove they have no idea what an “assault weapon” is.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
I’ve signed off as legal counsel on briefs I have not read. There. I confessed. In my defense, they were briefs regarding pro life issues and the lawyer who wrote the briefs was an amazing nationally recognized lawyer, I think in the Thomas More Law Firm out of Chicago.
Judge Idiot.
She ought be disbarred for signing something she did not understand....with lives at stake.
Ignorance under the law, and all that.
LOL. I have Cornyn. you don't get any more RINO than that.Spit.
“Senator, I stand by my record…and my record is abysmal.”
Hopefully we can rid ourselves of him. Need another Cruz.
Mine are the execrable Manchin and the repugnant Capito ... Kennedy would be a big improvement.
If the house of representatives did their damn jobs, judges, just like this wannabe, would be impeached and removed from the bench.
But Noooooo....
They must not screw with the judiciary, even if they are supposed to, by order of that pesky constitution thingy
-PJ
I voted for that scumbag when he first ran because he is good at pretending to be a conservative. Voted against every time since, to no avail.
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