Trump judge nominee, 36, who has never tried a case, wins approval of Senate panel

[Rob_BW]

What do you know about the politics of the ABA and how long have you been a member?

The politics of the ABA?

Hmm...well their guidelines call for "12 years of practical (trial lawyer or judge) experience" when rating a prospective judge.

Of course Elena Kagan was rated "well qualified" for the USSC despite having only 3 to 4 years of practical experience.

Reckon that tells me all I need to know about the ABA's politics.

 

[Reynolds]

Not worth wasting my time on answering.

Another way of saying you can't effectively answer.

 

[Alcott]

You like the fact that this nominee was rated "non-qualified" by the American Bar Association?

Does that mean he drinks too much?

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

There is no such thing as the far right

Yes... I would like a clearer definition of that term myself. Sounds tribal.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

I can read the AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION input that he is UNQUALIFIED to be a judge (Ranking of 0).

By what criterion?

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

They are the experts. You guys don't accept facts, only Trump's ridiculous tweets.

Now, now... I question trump all the time, just as I questioned BO and Clinton. In fact, I have no allegiance to any politician or political party. So why are you throwing barbs? By doing that my friend you are exposing yourself to critique... and I tell you this because you are a virtuous man who I believe is becoming unraveled by this political nonsense. Take a step back and regain your prospective.

 

[Sapper Woody]

Is a person who has never tried a case qualified to be Attorney General?

To answer that, I'd ask, is a person who's never served in the military qualified to be Commander in Chief?

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[InTheLight]

WASHINGTON — In the weeks before Donald J. Trump took office, lawyers joining his administration gathered at a law firm near the Capitol and filled a white board with a secret battle plan to fill the federal appeals courts with young and deeply conservative judges.

Mr. Trump has already appointed eight appellate judges, the most this early in a presidency since Richard M. Nixon, and on Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to send a ninth appellate nominee — Mr. Trump’s deputy White House counsel, Gregory Katsas — to the floor.

Republicans are systematically filling appellate seats they held open during President Barack Obama’s final two years in office with a particularly conservative group of judges with life tenure. Democrats — who in late 2013 abolished the ability of 41 lawmakers to block such nominees with a filibuster, then quickly lost control of the Senate — have scant power to stop them.

“We will set records in terms of the number of judges,” Mr. Trump said at the White House recently, adding that many more nominees were in the pipeline. Standing beside the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, he continued, “There has never been anything like what we’ve been able to do together with judges.”

Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary. Here’s How.

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[Rob_BW]

WASHINGTON — In the weeks before Donald J. Trump took office, lawyers joining his administration gathered at a law firm near the Capitol and filled a white board with a secret battle plan to fill the federal appeals courts with young and deeply conservative judges.

Mr. Trump has already appointed eight appellate judges, the most this early in a presidency since Richard M. Nixon, and on Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to send a ninth appellate nominee — Mr. Trump’s deputy White House counsel, Gregory Katsas — to the floor.

Republicans are systematically filling appellate seats they held open during President Barack Obama’s final two years in office with a particularly conservative group of judges with life tenure. Democrats — who in late 2013 abolished the ability of 41 lawmakers to block such nominees with a filibuster, then quickly lost control of the Senate — have scant power to stop them.

“We will set records in terms of the number of judges,” Mr. Trump said at the White House recently, adding that many more nominees were in the pipeline. Standing beside the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, he continued, “There has never been anything like what we’ve been able to do together with judges.”

Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary. Here’s How.

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Good.

 

[Reynolds]

WASHINGTON — In the weeks before Donald J. Trump took office, lawyers joining his administration gathered at a law firm near the Capitol and filled a white board with a secret battle plan to fill the federal appeals courts with young and deeply conservative judges.

Mr. Trump has already appointed eight appellate judges, the most this early in a presidency since Richard M. Nixon, and on Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to send a ninth appellate nominee — Mr. Trump’s deputy White House counsel, Gregory Katsas — to the floor.

Republicans are systematically filling appellate seats they held open during President Barack Obama’s final two years in office with a particularly conservative group of judges with life tenure. Democrats — who in late 2013 abolished the ability of 41 lawmakers to block such nominees with a filibuster, then quickly lost control of the Senate — have scant power to stop them.

“We will set records in terms of the number of judges,” Mr. Trump said at the White House recently, adding that many more nominees were in the pipeline. Standing beside the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, he continued, “There has never been anything like what we’ve been able to do together with judges.”

Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary. Here’s How.

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Wonderful.

 

[InTheLight]

Wonderful.

Good

Agreed. This action of appointing young conservative judges is getting underreported. It might be the most lasting thing that Trump accomplishes. Hard to believe the NY Times is reporting it.

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[Earth Wind and Fire]

To answer that, I'd ask, is a person who's never served in the military qualified to be Commander in Chief?

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Seriously NO!

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Agreed. This action of appointing young conservative judges is getting underreported. It might be the most lasting thing that Trump accomplishes. Hard to believe the NY Times is reporting it.

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Who qualifies them as conservative? How would you rank John Roberts?

 

[just-want-peace]

Who qualifies them as conservative? How would you rank John Roberts?

Either RHINO, OR, a victim that the DIMS had a skeleton dangling in front of him/family!!!!

 

[TCassidy]

How would you rank John Roberts?

John Roberts has a conservative judicial philosophy and led the Court back to a majority position of judicial restraint.

He has been attacked for his deciding vote regarding Obamacare, but he was Constitutionally correct. Congress has the right to levy taxes, which is what the Court decided the funding process really was.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

John Roberts has a conservative judicial philosophy and led the Court back to a majority position of judicial restraint.

He has been attacked for his deciding vote regarding Obamacare, but he was Constitutionally correct. Congress has the right to levy taxes, which is what the Court decided the funding process really was.

He is a traitor to conservatives. If he can vote for BO care, there is no telling what he will do in the future. He should step down.

 

[Alcott]

To answer that, I'd ask, is a person who's never served in the military qualified to be Commander in Chief?

Is that a Yes or a No?

 

[TCassidy]

He is a traitor to conservatives. If he can vote for BO care, there no telling what he will do in the future. He should step down.

So, the Constitution is meaningless, and each Justice should vote his political beliefs and the Law of the Land be ignored?

Interesting philosophy. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 1.

 

[Sapper Woody]

Is that a Yes or a No?

It's neither. It's a question designed to make people think about their own answers. I think the average person would be surprised at their own hypocrisy.

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[Earth Wind and Fire]

So, the Constitution is meaningless, and each Justice should vote his political beliefs and the Law of the Land be ignored?

Interesting philosophy. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 1.

You consider BO Care constitutional? If so, you and I at different vantage points.

Hell is empty....The Tempest