American Bar Association: Sotomayor "well qualified" for court

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor earned a "well-qualified" rating from the American Bar Association on Tuesday as she prepared for Senate hearings next week.

The ABA committee that reviewed her qualifications came out with that unanimous rating of the federal appeals court judge and released it in a letter to White House lawyer Greg Craig.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin hearings Monday on President Barack Obama's choice to replace retired Justice David Souter...

"The American Bar Association's unanimous, well-qualified rating of Judge Sotomayor is further evidence of the outstanding experience she will bring to the Supreme Court," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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[Flying Dream Blues]

1. I'll bet they said the same thing about Harriet Miers.

:sarcasm:

[usregimechange]

2. I bet!

She was rated: wtf?

[csziggy]

3. She withdrew before they released their rating (hmmm, Sara, are you related?)

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Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito also got unanimous a "well-qualified" rating from the ABA before their Senate hearings.

White House lawyer Harriet Miers, nominated to the high court by President George W. Bush, withdrew before the ABA released its rating.

The ABA had a rocky relationship with Bush. In 2001, Bush ended the ABA's preferential role in checking prospective judicial nominees and decided the administration would not give the group advance word on names under consideration.

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In March, the Obama administration asked the ABA to resume its historical role in evaluating judicial nominees.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/07/sotomayor-gets-amas-highe_n_226978.html

[davidpdx]

4. The Republican's heads will start to come off

Maybe they can make up a story about the ABA having a liberal bias.