Trump Judicial Nom–Who Defended ‘The First KKK’ in Message Board Post–Gets Senate Approval
Brett J. Talley, 36, passed the bar three years ago and was unanimously rated “not qualified” by the American Bar Association’s judicial rating committee. He’s never even tried a case. So, of course, President Donald Trump nominated him to be a federal judge in Alabama.
Guess what? He just got approved for a lifetime appointment on the federal bench by the Senate Judiciary Committee, on a party-line vote. Did we mention that he’s never actually tried a case? He’s never actually tried a case.
“He’s practiced law for less than three years and never argued a motion, let alone brought a case. This is the least amount of experience I’ve seen in a judicial nominee,” Kristine Lucius, executive vice president of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, told the Los Angeles Times.
Lucius also questioned if Talley possesses the “temperament and ability to approach cases with the fairness and open-mindedness necessary to serve as a federal judge,” noting his opposition to Hillary Clinton and his staunch support of the NRA.
This is insane. Not a single Republican voted against judicial nominee who never tried case, spent year as paranormal investigator & praised KKK https://t.co/q1aQykLXMg
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) November 30, 2017
There’s also that one time he kind of, sort of –seemed to defend the KKK.
Republicans, however, have suggested that these complaints are much ado about nothing, calling the American Bar Association a “liberal interest group.”
“The ABA is a liberal interest group. They have a long history of giving lower ratings to Republican nominees,” said Carrie Severino, counsel for the Judicial Crisis Network, which generally supports Trump’s nominees.
There’s one more thing, which may work in Talley’s favor, depending on your view of things that go bump in the night. He used to be a paranormal investigator, working with The Tuscaloosa Paranormal Research Group and even writing books about his experiences, in addition to horror novels.
Of course, this in no way qualifies him to serve as a federal judge, but it does make him qualified to point out the logical inconsistencies of Ghostbusters.
Talley’s nomination now moves to the Senate floor, where a similar party-line vote of approval is expected.
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