Senate Narrowly OKs Trump Judicial Pick With Rare 'Not Qualified' ABA Rating

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press




By KEVIN FREKING Published DECEMBER 12, 2017 5:41 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday narrowly confirmed one of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees despite a rare “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association.

On a party-line vote of 50-48, the Republican-led Senate backed Leonard Steven Grasz to serve on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Grasz served for more than 11 years as Nebraska’s chief deputy attorney general and was general counsel to the Nebraska Republican Party.

In one opinion he helped craft, he said the legacy of the landmark abortion rights ruling Roe v. Wade was its “moral bankruptcy.” Another opinion he helped write warned of the “grave danger” of the Nebraska Supreme Court recognizing same-sex marriages from other states, and he advised that legislation refusing to recognize same-sex marriages could be defended against a constitutional challenge.

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[ananda]

1. Reeps are just so craven and lost to humanity.

They literally have sold their souls ....

[MFM008]

2. Embarrassing

Just awful.

[jmowreader]

3. Those "not qualified" ratings will become less "rare" as this disaster goes on

Trump seems to view a Not Qualified rating from the American Bar Association as a badge of honor instead of the warning it is.

[sandensea]

4. Grasz

If I were a betting man, I'd say this was a son/grandson of Hungarian Nazis. The GOP's been full of them since the Raygun era.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. OTOH, he is so out of his league. Wait til his first day on the bench with "pro's".

His dissents will be legendary in law schools in the future.

[regnaD kciN]

6. Watch this guy...

My money says that, once he gets some "judicial experience," he'll be first in line when Trump or Pence has another SCOTUS vacancy to fill.