It’s my understanding that the ABA has become heavily politicized and is for all intents and purposes a liberal lobbying group. One of Trump’s best moves has been to rely on the Federalist Society for recommendations to the federal courts instead of deferring to the ABA’s liberal biases, continuing a trend started by Bush after his disastrous Harrier Miers nomination was withdrawn.
I’m blanking on this one. What did Harriet Miers have as a positive, and why was she aborted from consideration before the vote? She was post-Thomas, so Bush should have known she’d be examined closely by the libs.