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Reported by Mani Rajo on CNN.
Washington (CNN)The American Bar Association is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to halt the consideration of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until an FBI investigation is completed into the sexual assault allegations that have roiled his nomination.
In a strongly worded letter obtained by CNN Thursday, the organization said it is making the extraordinary request "because of the ABA's respect for the rule of law and due process under law," siding with concerns voiced by Senate Democrats since Christine Blasey Ford's decades-old allegations became public.
"The basic principles that underscore the Senate's constitutional duty of advice and consent on federal judicial nominees require nothing less than a careful examination of the accusations and facts by the FBI," said Robert Carlson, president of the organization, in a Thursday night letter addressed to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking Democrat Dianne Feinstein.
"Each appointment to our nation's Highest Court (as with all others) is simply too important to rush to a vote," Carlson wrote. "Deciding to proceed without conducting additional investigation would not only have a lasting impact on the Senate's reputation, but it will also negatively affect the great trust necessary for the American people to have in the Supreme Court."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/politics/kavanaugh-american-bar-association/index.html
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)RainCaster
(10,879 posts)Maybe they will post something later, but there is nothing at the moment.
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)The Story Has Been Added. LOOK UP!
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)NEW: The American Bar Association calls on Senate Judiciary Committee to halt Kavanaugh proceedings until after the FBI completes a probe of the sexual assault allegations, effectively siding with Democrats. https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/politics/kavanaugh-american-bar-association/index.html
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Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)is telling the Committee to "hold-up". Will they listen?
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FromTheAshes
(128 posts)Goodheart
(5,325 posts)Republicans CAN'T halt the confirmation now because that would expose Kavanaugh to perjury charges. They absolutely can not risk what Mark Judge has to say.
So procedurally their recommendation amounts to nothing at all. Politically, however, is a whole different matter.
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)But since many U.S. Senators are also Lawyers including it is believe, each of the ones that sit on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (it is believed) and many others in the Senate itself --- and that most Lawyers worth their salt are members of the ABA.....
This is a gauntlet that could lead to Senators that vote in the Affirmative that are Lawyers facing disbarment by the ABA.