Months before President George W. Bush made his first nomination for the federal bench, his administration caused a ruckus by bumping the American Bar Association from its long-standing role of evaluating prospective judges before their nominations are announced.
The administration said in March 2001 that it was making the change because it didn’t want to give special treatment to any one organization. But ABA leaders and many liberal activists thought the White House wanted to reduce the group’s sway because it viewed the ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary as biased against conservative nominees.
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