20080528 Washington Examiner Editorial: Revenge, not statesmanship, blocking Bush’s nominees to undermine courts

Revenge, not statesmanship, blocking Bush’s nominees to undermine courts

2008-05-28 Editorial The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper
WASHINGTON -

It is difficult not to think of two words — lies and hypocrisy — when reviewing the promises and foot dragging on President Bush’s judicial nominees by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont. These two senators have arbitrarily blocked scores of qualified nominees without even giving them the courtesy of a committee vote.

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As for Leahy, he is becoming infamous for ignoring his own stated standards for judicial nominations. Leahy has said American Bar Association ratings are “the Gold Standard by which judicial candidates are judged,” but now he is denying committee votes to nominees unanimously given the ABA’s highest rating…

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