Posted on 01/29/2023 9:58:46 AM PST by John Semmens
A senate hearing to evaluate the suitability of Spokane Superior Court Judge Charnelle Bjelkengren, a Biden nominee for US District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, resulted in some interesting answers.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La) asked Judge Bjelkengren several basic questions about the Constitution's Article II (the powers of the executive branch) and Article V (the power to amend the Constitution). To both, the Judge responded "nothing comes to mind at the moment."
Considering that US judges frequently have to adjudicate issues in which the Constitution has some bearing it is disturbing that this nominee was so ill-prepared for the interview. This is especially puzzling since Sen. Kennedy has used the same line of questions while interviewing other nominees to the federal courts.
Presidential Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declared Kennedy's questions "disrespectful and unfair. The American Bar Association already gave Judge Bjelkengren a 'qualified' rating. Do we really need to waste time on a 'pop quiz' loaded with 'gotcha' questions?"
Kennedy explained that "the Constitution gives the Senate the responsibility of advice and consent for nominees to the federal courts. Since these are 'lifetime' appointments I don't think it is unreasonable to expect judges to demonstrate some knowledge of the fundamental law of the land. I call it troubling when a nominee can't recall anything about this document."
Jean-Pierre pointed out that "Democrats have a majority in the Senate. Judge Bjelkengren will be approved regardless of how Sen. Kennedy feels about her qualifications."
In related news, Vice-President Kamala Harris omitted the word "life" in her quote from the Declaration of Independence's trilogy of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" in a recent speech. Her Press Secretary Sabrina Singh explained that "the Vice-President's speech was about the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision affirming a woman's right to terminate the life of her unwanted child. It would have been hypocritical for her to have included 'life' as an inalienable right in that context."
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Hopefully she was up to speed on Article III, at least.
Does she know what a woman is?
.....”Considering that US judges frequently have to adjudicate issues in which the Constitution has some bearing it is disturbing that this nominee was so ill-prepared for the interview.”.....
....uhhhhh, and the problem is....??? to most folks in DeeCee, including and especially our esteemed [sic] Congresscritters, the Constitution means next to nothing these days.. apparently, lack of any basic knowledge of the Constitution is no barrier to being appointed as a judge...
Without a Constitution, we have no nation.
Not to worry, like so many judges before and after her, Charnelle Bjelkengren will just make it up as she goes.
Lets face it, at this point in time in the post-Constitutional United States, what difference does it make?
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