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Peter1469
03-11-2017, 11:36 AM
ABA rates Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch ‘well qualified’ (http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba_rates_supreme_court_nominee_neil_gorsuch_well_ qualified/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email)
That is the ABA's highest rating.


The American Bar Association has rated Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, “well qualified.”The rating (https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/uncategorized/GAO/Web%20rating%20Chart%20Trump%20115.authcheckdam.pd f) (PDF) came Thursday from the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, whose purpose is to evaluate the qualifications of nominees to federal judgeships. The committee’s goal is to provide impartial, nonpartisan evaluations based on judicial temperament, competence and integrity, according to its own “backgrounder” document (https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/uncategorized/GAO/Backgrounder.authcheckdam.pdf) (PDF).


An ABA press release (https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2017/03/aba_standing_committ.html) says the review was based on hundreds of interviews with people who know Gorsuch’s work and qualifications. Teams of law professors and Supreme Court advocates reviewed the judge’s writings—he currently sits on the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals—for clarity, quality, analytical prowess and knowledge of the law.


The “well qualified” rating—the highest the Standing Committee gives—was reported to the White House, the Department of Justice, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the nominee himself. The Standing Committee will also submit a written statement explaining its rating to the Senate Judiciary Committee. That statement will become part of the public record during Senate confirmation hearings for Gorsuch, scheduled to begin March 20.

DGUtley
03-11-2017, 11:45 AM
He's an ACE.