Comments on: ABA review of judicial nominations again comes under fire https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/11/aba-review-of-judicial-nominations-again-comes-under-fire/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:08:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Eric https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/11/aba-review-of-judicial-nominations-again-comes-under-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-356709 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:08:35 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73710#comment-356709 A better question is why are we paying attention to the ABA at all?

]]> By: SPO https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/11/aba-review-of-judicial-nominations-again-comes-under-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-356701 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:57:08 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73710#comment-356701 If anyone wants to see a specific example of how skewed the ABA process is, compare and contrast the ratings of Sixth Circuit judges Clay (WQ) and Sutton (Q). Then look at the Bobby v. Bies case at the US Supreme Court. To say that WQ Clay got benchsmacked is an understatement. And Sutton’s analysis was praised.

One could also look at the ABA rating of Judge Wardlaw of the Ninth Circuit. She was rated WQ/Q, and she has authored four, count ’em four, opinions that have been summarily reversed by the US Supreme Court.

While we are on the subject of judges, did anyone else catch Liptak’s NY Times article regarding Clinton’s interview with RBG prior to her nomination? Would be interesting to compare Clinton’s statements at the Georgetown Law talk with Ginsburg’s SJC testimony and her answers to the SJC questionnaire.

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