Senate panel advances nominee rated 'not qualified' by American Bar Association
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced a slate of judicial nominees to the floor for a vote, including Jonathan Kobes to be a US Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, despite the fact that he was rated "not qualified" to serve on the circuit court by the American Bar Association.
The nomination was approved by the committee by an 11-10 vote.
Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii criticized the move, saying after the vote that the White House had "nominated someone profoundly unfit to serve for a lifetime on the circuit court, but who will nonetheless be confirmed basically on a party line vote."
Controversy over the nomination marks the latest partisan clash over President Donald Trump's judicial picks. It comes less than a week after Senate Republicans successfully confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to be the newest Supreme Court Justice over Democratic opposition and after he vehemently denied sexual assault allegations leveled against him by Christine Blasey Ford. Kavanaugh was confirmed with 50 "yes" votes -- the fewest for any Supreme Court justice in the modern era.
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And the kakstocracy continues.
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