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WASHINGTON — The American Bar Association has secretly declared a significant number of President Obama’s potential judicial nominees “not qualified,” slowing White House efforts to fill vacant judgeships — and nearly all of the prospects given poor ratings were women or members of a minority group, according to interviews.
Obama has been submitting all those under consideration for nomination to the panel. Bush wouldn't do that - he didn't submit names to the ABA panel, so a comparison between the Buh nominees & the Obama nominees really cannot be made. The ABA panel made its recommendation on a nominee after the person was already nominated to be a Judge. Bush stopped submitting names because he felt the panel was too liberal.
Another point here is something I've noticed - the quality of lawyers/judges has been going steadily downhill. This reflects that.
Obama has been submitting all those under consideration for nomination to the panel. Bush wouldn't do that - he didn't submit names to the ABA panel, so a comparison between the Buh nominees & the Obama nominees really cannot be made. The ABA panel made its recommendation on a nominee after the person was already nominated to be a Judge. Bush stopped submitting names because he felt the panel was too liberal.
Another point here is something I've noticed - the quality of lawyers/judges has been going steadily downhill. This reflects that.
The statement I bolded isn't quite the truth.
"The number of Obama prospects deemed “not qualified” already exceeds the total number opposed by the group during the eight-year administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush; the rejection rate is more than three and a half times as high as it was under either of the previous two presidencies, documents and interviews show.
"That outcome has added a new twist to a long-running friction in the politics of judicial nominations. During recent Republican administrations, conservatives have made political hay of accusing the A.B.A. of liberal bias against conservative potential judges. In 2001, Mr. Bush stopped sending the group names of prospects before he selected them, so the panel instead rated them after their nomination. In 2009, Mr. Obama restored the panel’s role in the prenomination selection process, which dates to the Eisenhower administration."
Birds of a feather I guess. Obama isn't qualified to be POTUS what makes anyone think that his picks for judges would be qualified???
Talking about Birds of a Feather, yes they really do stick Together.
Wow talk about lowering the bar, what an understatement. No surprises here, really think Obama has our best interest in mind! really.
Guess quality and sincerity does not matter to any of these whacos.
'I don't care if they are unqualified, just find me a bunch of blacks and women that agree with my agenda and policies. I'll appoint them when Congress is not in session'.
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