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Bloomberg Law
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said the panel would be “fully prepared” to vet a Supreme Court nominee should there be a retirement at the end of the term, and would recommend that either Ted Cruz (R-Texas) or Mike Lee (R-Utah) get the nomination.

bit.lyGrassley Wants Lee or Cruz for Supreme Court if Vacancy ArisesSenate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said the panel would be “fully prepared” to vet a Supreme Court nominee should there be a retirement at the end of the term, and would recommend that either Ted Cruz (R-Texas) or Mike Lee (R-Utah) get the nomination.
august.thoughtify.space
@august.thoughtify.space

It’s honestly impressive that Grassley could both do the Senate pandering maneuver and name two lawyers even more wildly inexperienced and unqualified than Amy Coney Barrett.

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august.thoughtify.space
@august.thoughtify.space

So she was elevated directly to a Court of Appeals and fast-tracked to the Supreme Court not 3 years later to rule on an abortion case-something made clear at both hearings. But that’s politics. She’s unqualified because her time practicing law wouldn’t even qualify her for a judgeship in my city.

august.thoughtify.space
@august.thoughtify.space

It does professionally offend me that we’ve made an elected priesthood out of this. If someone started as a mid-level manager at a national conglomerate, was made CFO a few years later, and a member of the board right after that, we would rightly ask if they were a wunderkind or the owner’s kid.

Rob Honeycutt
@robhon.bsky.social

While I definitely don’t agree with many of the positions she takes, my understanding is that she is a qualified justice. She received a “well-qualified” rating from the ABA after her nomination.