Why nominate a clearly unqualified person as a district court judge? Why?
Why nominate a clearly unqualified person as a district court judge? Why?
Matthew Petersen's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, in which the U.S. District Court nominee failed to answer questions from Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) about basic legal terms and acknowledged that he had never before tried a case. See him struggling @ pic.twitter.com/fphQx2o1rc
When/if Trump gets booted from office, the courts will be fully stocked with Federalist Society, an organization of conservatives and libertarians seeking reform of the current American legal system in accordance with a textualist or originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
FS Chairman, Calabresi’s explicit coupling of the creation of judgeships with undoing the judicial legacy of Obama belies the real reason under the false neutral justifications.
It’s the comprehensive political capture of an entire branch of government — the judicial equivalent of gerrymandering.
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