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A thing that happened today that won't get much attention: Senate Republicans confirmed *another* lifetime federal judge who earned a rare and embarrassing "not qualified" rating by the American Bar Association. huffpost.com/entry/justin-w…
In this case, it was Justin Walker.

He's 37. He's never tried a case in court -- as lead or co-counsel. And in the 10 years since he graduated from law school, it's not clear how much he's been practicing law. huffpost.com/entry/justin-w…
Walker is the FIFTH Trump judge that Senate Republicans have confirmed with an abysmal "not qualified" rating by the ABA.

For context, in 8 years, Obama nominated approximately 0 people to be judges who got a "not qualified" rating. huffpost.com/entry/justin-w…
Why was Justin Walker even nominated to be a lifetime federal judge if he isn't qualified?

Because Mitch McConnell personally recommended him to the White House to be confirmed.
McConnell called Walker "unquestionably the most outstanding nomination that I’ve ever recommended to Presidents to serve on the bench in Kentucky.

The guy was rated "not qualified" to be a judge!
Justin Walker's background: He's an associate law professor + previously clerked for Brett Kavanaugh, who he went out of his way to defend against Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault allegations.
Walker did more than *seventy* media interviews to push back on Christine Blasey Ford's allegations against Kavanaugh.

“She may believe that assailant was Brett Kavanaugh,” Walker said on Fox News in Sept. 2018. “I believe she’s mistaken.” huffpost.com/entry/justin-w…
Anyway, this guy is a lifetime federal judge now.

Goodnight to all!
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