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Post #425,703 by mmoffitt 9/28/18 8:30:12 AM 9/28/18 8:30:12 AM Reply	So shines a good deed in a weary world. 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. https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/politics/kavanaugh-american-bar-association/index.html bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again.
Post #425,704 by drook 9/28/18 9:27:05 AM 9/28/18 9:27:05 AM Reply	Qualifications question I'm not suggesting this would actually stop anything, but in general are judges required to be members of the bar in their jurisdiction? -- Drew
Post #425,705 by boxley 9/28/18 9:41:09 AM 9/28/18 9:41:09 AM Reply	since he has been a fed judge for 12 yrs in DC would assume he is a member "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #425,706 by drook 9/28/18 10:05:07 AM 9/28/18 10:05:07 AM Reply	Google sez ... Whether you must be a lawyer before serving as a judge depends on the requirements of the jurisdiction where you will serve. There aren't any legally-established qualifications for justices serving on certain federal courts -- including district courts, circuit courts and even the United States Supreme Court. On the local judicial level, each state legislature has discretion to set its own qualification requirements for judges. Twenty-four states allow nonlawyer judges to preside over certain types of judicial cases, as of 2014. -- Drew

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