Posted on 05/29/2025 11:41:58 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
FIRST ON FOX— The Justice Department on Thursday formally notified the American Bar Association that it will no longer comply with its ratings process for judicial nominees, the result of what it argues is a biased system and one that "invariably and demonstrably" favors nominees put forth by Democratic administrations.
The letter, sent by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to ABA President William R. Bay, was previewed exclusively to Fox News. It marks the latest escalation in a protracted legal fight that Republicans have waged against the nation's largest association of legal workers.
"For several decades, the American Bar Association has received special treatment and enjoyed special access to judicial nominees," Bondi said in the letter. "In some administrations, the ABA received notice of nominees before a nomination was announced to the public. Some administrations would even decide whether to nominate an individual based on a rating assigned by the ABA."
The Justice Department said in the letter that it will no longer grant the ABA the "special treatment" and first access it has received for years.
"Accordingly, while the ABA is free to comment on judicial nominations along with other activist organizations, there is no justification for treating the ABA differently from such other activist organizations and the Department of Justice will not do so."
It also ended an Office of Legal Policy that directed judicial nominees to provide waivers allowing the ABA access to non-public information for nominees, including bar records.
"Nominees will also not respond to questionnaires prepared by the ABA and will not sit for interviews with the ABA," Bondi said.
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The leftwing legal mafia is not gonna like this...more lawfare incoming soon
Great. Can they please stop listening to the Federalist Society on Justices, too?
Ha, Ha, Ha...Stupid communists. You should flee to North Korea.
Kinda late, the Judiciary is infested with radical leftists with lifetime appointments. It is obvious the “good” ones are content to sit on the sidelines as the rats run wild.
Wow. For once I agree with you.
Some judge, who has previously been endorsed by the Liberal ABA, is going to tell the DOJ that they can’t do this.
There may be hope for you!
I’m having a doctor remove it.
Best wishes for a good recovery!
Long overdue.
“Great. Can they please stop listening to the Federalist Society on Justices, too?”
They are 85% OK but they pimped Amy Loony Barrett hard. Why? Barett’s claim to (conservative) fame is being pro-life. Dittos for Leonard Leo the head of the Federalist society. Catholic with 6-7 children.
Trump wanted an SC judge who was a lock on Rowe v Wade. This how we got stuck with this awful liberal woman, who pisses me off when I see her photo.
ACB was not worth the price for overturning Roe vs Wade.
Nope. Trump named 3 by them—and none of them is a firm conservative.
More Clarence Thomases, please.
She also wasn’t nearly the only option for that.
Trump would be demoted to the Minors with his batting average.
The Bushes were globalist traitors. They make me wanna puke. David Souter? Harriet Myers?
But yeah, I know what you’re getting at.
Samuel Alito was the backup choice for Dubya after the original candidate had to drop out.
Of course, W dropped the biggest turd of them all on us.
Roberts.
Overdue.
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