Posted on 11/12/2017 8:13:46 AM PST by cotton1706
So his disqualification is not that he graduated from a prestigious law school and has 10 years experience in the Justice Department, it’s because he tweeted mean things about Hillary and said something dumb about rebelling?
Having “tried” or “not tried” a case is completely a false criterion. There’s way more to the practice of law than “first-chairing” at trial. In fact I would argue that while trial lawyers may be the best actors and publicity hounds, they are seldom the sharpest knife in the drawer, so to speak. Also, it has been my experience that trial lawyers seldom care about the “right outcome” in terms of justice. They mostly want to win. By the way, the ABA is useless.
“Did justice Kagen ever “ hear a case” as a judge? Did the ABA say she was unqualified??????”
Jewish & Hispanic females are “automatically deemed” qualified by the ABA. We probably are stuck with Kagan (57), but Ruth Buzzy(84) is way past her sell by date, and I understand the Wise Latrina (63) has cancer, so perhaps we Trump will get to appoint their replacements along with Kennedy (81) and Breyer (79). So hopefully we will get at least three and possibly four appointments. Kennedy has reportedly indicated he’s going to retire after this term. Trump needs another Gorsuch in his slot for starters.
My only qualification for judges is conservative and under 50. Under 40 is even better.
The ABA is a liberal front. It is not qualified to judge. Its last issue made it clear that race and gender are the most important qualifications. Not competence.
Know the story of the ice pick and guy looking through the keyhole? I do. Not pretty.
The author of this article had his law license suspended:
From the VA Lawyers Weekly, 4-3-14:
Another Virginia lawyer accepted a nine-month suspension last month after he acknowledged failing to help a client as promised and failing to respond to a bar complaint.
Douglas E. Mataconis agreed to represent a Prince William County couple who hoped to block construction on a nearby residential development, according to an agreed statement of facts.
Despite exchanging information on how to proceed for more than a year, Mataconis never completed a promised letter of protest to the county board, nor did he provide any substantive assistance with the couple’s effort, according to the statement.
Moreover, Mataconis acknowledged he never responded when the VSB sent notice of the clients’ bar complaint.
After receiving the stipulation of evidence and hearing from both the bar and Mataconis, the Disciplinary Board panel proposed the nine-month suspension, according to assistant bar counsel Prescott L. Prince. Mataconis agreed to the suspension.
Mataconis is a prolific contributor on the blog “Outside the Beltway,” described as an online journal of politics and foreign affairs analysis.
The has a history of being lunatic LIBS intent on undermining the Rule of Law under the Constitution.
The ABA stated before Congress the following about Kagan:
"The Standing Committee unanimously concluded that General Kagan merits our highest rating and is “Well Qualified” for appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States."
So, the ABA considers an Obama appointee qualified for the highest court without ever having been a judge, but the ABA doesn't consider a Trump appointee qualified for a lower court who has never been a judge.
That is nothing but extreme left-wing politics from the ABA.
Lawyers should be embarrassed that their labor union plays such politics.
I respectfully disagree. A district judge presides over trials and every other aspect of litigation. A lawyer who has little courtroom experience is unlikely to be familiar with the the nuts and bolts of trial and motion practice, the rules of evidence, and the procedural issues that get district judges reversed on appeal.
I do agree with you regarding the ABA. I let my membership lapse long ago when it got too political.
Excellent.
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