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In a message dated 7/25/2005 12:53:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does any liberal seriously think this president, with a solid Republican Senate majority, would appoint anyone we could expect more from? We Democrats and liberals should save the all-out attacks for unprincipled or unqualified nominees. As we closed in on the end of this President's first term in office, I
reviewed the ABA Standing Committee's evaluations of his judicial nominations
for the first term. These evaluations included successful nominations, and
some that are still pending after re-submission (because of the "filibuster"
problem) and withdrawn nominations (Estrada).
Despite the Republican majority's previous disinclination to give special
place to the evaluation of candidates by the Standing Committee, this President
has shown that he has nothing to fear from such evaluations. From my
review, treating the evaluations as a grading opportunity, I concluded that the
President certainly deserved high marks, perhaps an A or even an A+ based on the
generally overwhelming number of well-qualified unanimous evaluations and the
number of well-qualified/qualified split evaluations.
Jim Henderson
Senior Counsel
ACLJ
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