The American Bar Association, implied by apoplectic US Senator Lindsay Graham as offering their “gold standard” rating to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, has asked the US Senate to investigate said nominee. Seems the ABA also had problems with Kavanaugh in the past, which the Senate also ignored.
Via NPR:
The American Bar Association says the Senate should not hold a confirmation vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court until the FBI has investigated sexual assault allegations against him that were made by Christine Blasey Ford and other women.
Citing the ABA’s “respect for the rule of law and due process,” ABA President Robert Carlson wrote in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, “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.”
Carlson sent the letter after the committee heard testimony from both Kavanaugh and Ford — a hearing that gripped the nation on Thursday. The ABA had previously given a rating of “well qualified” to Kavanaugh when he was nominated in July.
“Each appointment to our nation’s highest court (as with all others) is simply too important to rush to a vote,” Carlson told the committee, which was expected to vote on the nomination Friday.