NYT: Biden Won’t Restore Bar Association’s Role in Vetting Judges - Alliance for Justice

NYT: Biden Won’t Restore Bar Association’s Role in Vetting Judges

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Charlie Savage

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This excerpt is from an op-ed that originally ran on February 5, 2021.

Nan Aron, the president of the liberal Alliance for Justice, said in a statement that the A.B.A.’s former prenomination role “has primarily disadvantaged Democratic nominations” once Republican administrations since 2001 stopped giving the group names of potential nominees in advance. She also praised keeping it out of the preselection process, saying it would help Mr. Biden expand judicial diversity.

Read the complete piece on the New York Times.