Specter Urges Senate to Reject ABA Report on Wallace

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Previously, we mentioned that the ABA's report on Fifth Circuit nominee Michael Wallace has come under intense scrutiny. Now, Megyn Kendall of Fox News reports:

On Tuesday, Specter circulated a letter to the Judiciary Committee, which was meeting on other nominations, urging it to reject the report --- an unprecedented move. Specter will also urge the Committee to request a new ABA report from a panel of unbiased lawyers. Specter also wants the ABA to identify all of its sources --- to name the people attacking Wallace --- something the Chairman says he'll now push for in every ABA report. "I do not think they oughta be anonymous if we're to base a Senate judgment on them. It does not give the nominee a chance to defend himself." The Judiciary Committee will convene on Thursday to discuss these and other concerns, and in the mean time Wallace's confirmation hearings have been pushed back until September....

Hat Tip: GG.

UPDATE: More from Bashman.




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