I won't say anything, except to note that law schools and the Biden administration are both completely committed to affirmative action, to the exclusion of all other considerations
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i’m thinking … I’m thinking
Senator Kennedy stumps another federal judicial nominee with a question on basic law
President Biden trial court nominee Kato Crews was stumped by questioning from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., during confirmation hearing testimony on Wednesday.
Crews, a nominee for district judge of the U.S. District Court of Colorado, was asked by Kennedy how he would "analyze a Brady motion," with Crews answering that he had not "had the occasion to address a Brady motion" during his four and a half years on the bench.
After stumbling over the answer, Kennedy asked Crews if he knew "what a Brady motion is."
Crews, who currently serves as a magistrate judge, admitted that the concept was "not coming to mind" as a result of never having addressed the issue before, prompting Kennedy to ask if Crews remembered the Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland and what the case held.
"I believe that the Brady case involved something regarding the Second Amendment," Crews responded. "I have not had an occasion to address that."
A Brady motion is a legal concept that came as a result of the landmark Brady v. Maryland Supreme Court decision in 1963, which held that the prosecution must hand over potentially favorable evidence to the defense.
That’s a pretty basic part of our criminal law, and one a federal magistrate ought to know — back when bar exams had minimum passing standards, all would-be lawyers were expected to be familiar with the case.
But cheer up, we have another judge who will soon be dispensing justice on the federal bench:
“Bjelkengren attended Mankato State University and Gonzaga University School of Law, where she received a ‘diversity scholarship’. “
nuff said she’s in.
The exchange was the second time this year Kennedy stumped a Biden judicial nominee during confirmation hearings, coming less than two months after the Louisiana senator quizzed Spokane County Superior Court Judge Charnelle Bjelkengren on Article V of the Constitution.
"Tell me what Article V of the Constitution does," Kennedy asked Bjelkengren at that hearing.
"Article V is not coming to mind at the moment," she responded.
Kennedy then asked Bjelkengren about Article II, with the nominee again responding that the article did not come to mind.
We can give Judge Bjelkngren a pass on Article V, if only because I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only law school graduate who had to look it up (it established the procedure for amending the Constitution, and not many of us have been doing that recently), but Article II established the Executive Branch and delineates its powers. The scope of the Executive branch’s power and claims that presidents have overstepped the authority given them by the Constitution have been litigated ever since the Constitution was adopted by the states and is as contentious today as at any time in our nation’s history. For a federal judicial nominee to admit she has no knowledge of this Article is astounding, or it would have been in prior, better times.
Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws. Article Two vests the power of the executive branch in the office of the president of the United States, lays out the procedures for electing and removing the president, and establishes the president's powers and responsibilities.Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws. Article Two vests the power of the executive branch in the office of the president of the United States, lays out the procedures for electing and removing the president, and establishes the president's powers and responsibilities.
Mind you, imposing the Leftist agenda on America is much easier when a judge has no idea of the law or its precedents and can make it up as she goes along. Not knowing anything about science helps, too:
