Posted on 10/30/2019 11:00:32 AM PDT by jazusamo
One of President Trump's nominees for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals broke down in tears during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, as he disputed suggestions that he would not be fair to members of the LGBTQ community.
Lawrence VanDyke was the subject of a scathing letter from the American Bar Association, sent to committee leadership Tuesday night, which alleged that people they interviewed expressed this concern, and that VanDyke himself "would not say affirmatively that he would be fair to any litigant before him, notably members of the LGBTQ community."
But conservatives have adamantly defended the nominee. And when asked about this at Wednesday's hearing, VanDyke strongly disputed the ABA's account.
"I did not say that," VanDyke told Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., tears welling up in his eyes.
"No, I did not say that. I do not believe that. It is a fundamental belief of mine that all people are created in the image of God. They should all be treated with dignity and respect, senator," he added, sobbing.
VanDyke also said that he was not given a fair opportunity to respond to the allegations during his ABA interview. He said when he was confronted with the concerns about his views, he began to answer but was told they were running out of time.
That interview was conducted by Marcia Davenport, the lead evaluator. Hawley noted that Davenport once contributed to the campaign of a judicial candidate who was running against VanDyke.
"I find that absolutely unbelievable," Hawley said, stating it "probably explains the totally ad hominem nature of this disgraceful letter."
The paragraph preceding the questioning of his attitude toward LGBTQ litigants included a list of other complaints against VanDyke, attributed to "the assessments of interviewees," without detailing who or how many.
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He has probably lived a sheltered life and never experienced raw evil before.
Today he met the Democratic Congress—a true “teaching moment”.
WTF is going on with that committee, anyway?
we know that the ABA is a worthless leftist commie-run outfit
but what’s wrong with that committee?
Have you ever been so upset/ angry that tears come to your eyes? I have, and it is not a sign of weakness, but of frustration
Doesn't sound like he's made of very stern stuff.
Guys,
I agree.
I hate to make a snap judgment, but if this brings you to tears instead of just making you mad, you probably are not conservative enough to be a good strong judge.
Since graduating law school [Van Dyke] has been a member of the Federalist Society.
VanDyke was born on December 12, 1972 in Midland, Texas. The following year, his family moved to Bozeman, Montana.
VanDyke earned his Bachelor of Science, with highest honors, from Montana State University in 1997 and a Master of Arts in 2000.
He received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.
After graduating from law school, VanDyke served as a law clerk to Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He then worked in private practice at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
From 2012–2013, he was an Assistant Solicitor General of Texas. He served as Solicitor General of Montana from 2013–2014, when he resigned to unsuccessfully run for the Montana Supreme Court.
He became Solicitor General of Nevada under Attorney General Adam Laxalt in 2015, where he served until 2019.
In 2019, VanDyke became a deputy Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division, where he currently works.
“Let it turn to something else” - Red Dawn
Republicans on the committee should ask the ABA for a transcript or recording of their interview.
The Lefty court-packers are still just recovering from the Trump flash-bang of 2016.
Now, they're starting to panic after they realized that Trump is packing the courts with Federalist Society members.
VanDyke is on OUR team, and he's getting smeared by the same pros that smeared Kavanaugh.
Reminds me of John Boehner.
is that lying beetch Feinsteen on this committee? she doesn’t belong there! she’s the one who made such a travesty of the Kavanaugh hearing with her false sex allegations against him
It’s good to describe.
They railroad EVERY good man and woman. That is because they are Communist rats.
“Have you ever been so upset/ angry that tears come to your eyes? I have, and it is not a sign of weakness, but of frustration”
Perfectly normal reaction. Some people uncontrollably smile or grimace given an emotional or intensse situation. I hate that I often will smile when challanged. Can’t help it. Seems inappropriate.
They very well may have been tears of anger and frustration at not being given the chance to defend himself when put before the group that wrote that attack.
Barack, is that YOU?
Of course it’s war; it’s been war since Obummer illegally stole the WH. But there’s no need to break down and cry. Time to stand-up and verbally put the enemy in its place. The violence and shooting war really comes after Trump’s 2020 re-election.
This guy needs to watch the interview of Candace Owens.
He can learn a lot about how to stand up to these bastards from her.
And that’s why normals don’t want to get involved in politics anymore, that was the goal of the Left, and they’ve pretty much achieved it.
Really?
Read post #26.
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