Not qualified' rating and accusation from American Bar Association moves Trump nominee to tears

[orangecrush]

Washington (CNN) — A federal appeals court nominee broke down in tears during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, reacting to a scathing letter against his confirmation by the American Bar Association after it conducted 60 interviews and concluded that he was "not qualified" for the judicial branch.
Lawrence J.C. VanDyke grew emotional, with his face turning red as he defended himself against the letter's conclusions that he could not treat LGBTQ litigants fairly.
"I do not believe that," VanDyke said. "It is a fundamental belief of mine that all people are created in the image of God," adding, "they should all be treated with dignity and respect."
The rare outburst comes as the ABA is under continued attack from conservatives who question its methodology and argue that the group that has rated potential nominees for decades is biased against conservatives. It also comes as the President and Senate Republicans have pushed through a record number of judicial nominees as Democrats have questioned their qualifications.

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The ABA on Tuesday night issued a blistering analysis of the nomination.
"Mr. VanDyke's accomplishments are offset by the assessments of interviewees that Mr. VanDyke is arrogant, lazy, an ideologue, and lacking in knowledge of the day-to-day practice including procedural rules," William C. Hubbard, chair of the ABA's standing committee on the federal judiciary, wrote. "There was a theme that the nominee lacks humility, has an 'entitlement' temperament, does not have an open mind, and does not always have a commitment to being candid and truthful."

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Sen. Patrick Leahy called it "one of the most alarming he'd seen" after some 45 years in Congress. Sen. Chris Coons noted that the letter was "fairly damning" because it was based on interviews with people who had worked with the nominee over the years. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse suggested that the ABA should be brought in to testify about the matter.
But Republican Sen. Mike Lee reacted furiously, claiming that the letter was "unfounded." "If this man is not qualified, I don't know who is," Lee said. He added that the ABA no longer deserves a "seat at the table" because it has little transparency and cannot be seen as a neutral player when it comes to confirmation hearings



https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/10/30/politics/american-bar-association-nominees-vandyke/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F



So they want Trump to bar the ABA from the hearings.

[vsrazdem]

1. Apparently, if he breaks down over this, I am not sure he has the temperament to be on the bench,

let alone the qualifications.

[underpants]

2. Just like how social media is clamping down on their bots and lying

NO FAIR!!!

[orangecrush]

5. They are stacking the courts with dangerous nutcases

[Gothmog]

3. Trump judicial nominee breaks into tears

Link to tweet

[uriel1972]

4. diddums