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Tales of Two Judicial Nominees
Headlines this morning carried the news that the American Bar Association downgraded its rating of Brett Kavanaugh, President Bush's nominee for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. But on the op-ed page of the Hartford Courant, Norm Pattis urges an end to the whispering campaign about another federal judicial nominee, Vanessa Bryant to the U.S. district court in Connecticut, who received a "not qualified" rating from the ABA earlier this week.
Pattis, who co-authors the blog Crime & Federalism, argues that the debate over Bryant's qualifications has been characterized by "plenty of horse whisperers afraid to speak publicly." He writes:
"We have a very clubby federal bar in Connecticut. Vanessa Bryant may not be a member of that club, but that's not a reason to hide behind 'off the record' comments and seek to derail her candidacy. If we're going to debate her candidacy, let's name names. This cloak and dagger whispering campaign is juvenile and petty."
On his blog, Pattis notes that Bryant is the second judicial nominee tapped by Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell to suffer setbacks. He calls it Jodi's Jinx.
Posted by Robert J. Ambrogi on May 9, 2006 at 10:17 AM | Permalink
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