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Judges and Judiciary,
State Bar & Bar Associations,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Oct. 31, 2019

ABA grade divides committee, troubles chairman

Consideration of two 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals candidates before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday focused almost entirely on the credibility of a disparaging American Bar Association evaluation that deemed one nominee incompetent and temperamentally unfit for a circuit judgeship.

Consideration of two 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals candidates before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday focused almost entirely on the credibility of a disparaging American Bar Association evaluation that deemed one nominee incompetent and temperamentally unfit for a circuit judgeship.

Republican senators reproached the organization -- which released a letter late Tuesday calling former Nevada Solicitor General Lawrence Van...

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