Mazzucco: If Judge Edward M. Chen Isn’t Qualified, Who Is?

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When a Republican former prosecutor speaks up for someone who’s being lambasted for having represented the American Civil Liberties Union, you just might sit up and take notice.

I’ve proudly served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of California. Before that I was a prosecutor for the city and county of San Francisco. Currently, I serve as a police commissioner. And, yes, I’m a lifelong member of the Republican Party.

During my nine years as a federal prosecutor, I appeared more than 50 times before a U.S. magistrate judge in San Francisco, Edward M. Chen. Some of these cases involved violent crime and drug trafficking. Time and again, Judge Chen proved that he is a fair, balanced, impartial and supremely competent jurist. And I believe that my colleagues in the law enforcement community share my assessment of him.

Why am I serving as a character witness for Judge Chen? Last year, President Barack Obama nominated him to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. While the confirmation of such a well-qualified jurist should be routine, he has been the object of outrageous attacks on his patriotism and impartiality by individuals and organizations who have never met or appeared before Judge Chen.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/43020-1.html


Previous posts about Chen's nomination

Senate Judiciary Committee re-sends Chen and Butler to the full Senate on party-line vote (Fri Feb-05-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7642722

Former ACLU staff attorney & Obama nominee for federal judge sent back to Obama, Obama renominates (Fri Jan-08-10)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7419738

Senate Judiciary Committee sends 4 Obama judicial US District court nominees to the floor (Fri Oct-16-09)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6788170

Meet Obama's new US District Judicial Nominees (Sat Aug-08-09)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6250108

[MadMaddie]

1. The Republicans have nothing to offer the country.

So this is the childish game they play. Rachal pointed out how they screamed for up and down votes during the * years and now they play this game.

[usregimechange]

2. Because he worked for the, gasp, ACLU