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Allen fails to get ABA's top rating (ABA 'disses another GOP Black Fed Judge Nominee)
Richmond Times Dispatch ^
| Tuesday, July 22, 2003
| PETER HARDIN
Posted on 07/22/2003 3:30:51 AM PDT by putupon
Edited on 07/20/2004 11:49:25 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WASHINGTON - Claude A. Allen of Virginia received the lowest passing rating from an American Bar Association panel for his qualifications to sit on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Allen, deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, was rated "qualified" by a "substantial majority" of the 15-member panel, and an undisclosed minority judged him "not qualified," a congressional aide said yesterday.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 4thcircuit; blackconservatives; blackrepublicans; claudeallen; court; dimrats; federal; judge; judicialnominees; racist
was facing hurdles on his way to confirmation for the Richmond-based court, and the rating could add to them.What else is new?
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posted on
07/22/2003 3:30:52 AM PDT
by
putupon
To: Admin Moderator
I missed checking "This is an excerpt" box. Can you please fix it? Thanks
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posted on
07/22/2003 3:37:00 AM PDT
by
putupon
(Don't worry, be crabby.)
To: putupon
That a conservative was deemed even marginally qualified by the ABA is, in itself, surprising.
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posted on
07/22/2003 3:43:44 AM PDT
by
m&maz
To: putupon
It is my understanding that the overwhelming majority of contentious Bush appointments have received very high ABA ratings. I'd be willing to flush this one if we could move the others through.
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posted on
07/22/2003 4:22:48 AM PDT
by
Mr. Bird
To: putupon
Let's not overlook the possibility that he's really not qualified - or are racial quotas OK if they're GOP racial quotas?
Isn't it enough that we have an unqualified Secretary of State?
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posted on
07/22/2003 7:59:33 AM PDT
by
Redbob
To: Redbob
Let's not overlook the possibility that he's really not qualified I know Claude Allen personally. He is very qualified.
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