Donald Trump Renominates Court Picks Rated Not Qualified To Serve

[Stonepounder]

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Monday resubmitted 21 judicial nominees to the Senate whose nominations expired in 2017 ― including two rated “not qualified” to be federal judges by the American Bar Association.

Charles Goodwin and Holly Teeter are among those in the president’s renominations. The ABA concluded in December that Goodwin, Trump’s nominee to a lifetime seat on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, is unqualified to fulfill the demands of a federal judge given his “work habits.” The ABA concluded in November that Teeter, Trump’s nominee to a lifetime seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, is not qualified based on her lack of trial court experience.

Judicial nominees rarely earn such an abysmal rating from the ABA, which has reviewed more than 1,700 federal judicial nominees since 1989. None of President Barack Obama’s nominees were rated “not qualified” during his eight years in office. Eight of President George W. Bush’s earned the rating during his two terms. In Trump’s case, four have earned the rating in his first year. Senate Republicans actually confirmed one of them, for some reason. The other one bowed out in embarrassment.

Part of Trump’s problem is that he’s flying through judicial nominations without much vetting, and he’s not submitting potential court picks to the ABA before he announces their nominations. Most presidents wait for the ABA rating to come out before announcing a nominee, in part to save face in case one of their nominees gets a bad rating. Obama had a handful of potential court picks who got a “not qualified” rating, but then they were never formally nominated.

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-judicial-nominees-not-qualified_us_5a4fc2cae4b01e1a4b14e51d?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

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He has also has renominated Kathleen Hartnett White to lead the Council on Environmental Quality. The controversial former Texas regulator once called climate change-inducing carbon dioxide a “harmless trace gas” that was merely “plant food.” As well as renominating K.T. McFarland to be Ambassador to Singapore.

I guess he figures that it is Congress' duty to confirm whoever HE wants.

[Phoenix61]

1. I think it's because he's too stupid to

come up with other nominees.

[machoneman]

4. Too stupid plus....

the fact that some may have refused to be nominated simply because they'd be forever aligned (maybe maligned) with Trump's name and administration.

[Angry Dragon]

2. When the trumpettes don't hear you it gets harder to repeat your self

Trump is an idiot with a god complex

[world wide wally]

3. What part of fuck you doesn't he understand?

[DeminPennswoods]

5. Renominated KT McFarland as Amb to Singapore, too

I suspect since staffers are either leaving, thinking about leaving or too busy worrying about Mueller, there weren't any new nominees, so the old list was just re-used.

The trouble is McConnell has 1 less senator in his caucus and 2 sick ones who may or may not be counted on to be avail for votes. Not to mention 3 (Flake, Corker, Hatch) who are retiring.