Trump judge nominee 36 who has never tried a case wins approval of Senate panel
Brett J. Talley  President  Trump ’s nominee to be a federal judge in Alabama  has never tried a case  was unanimously rated “not qualified” by the American Bar Assn.’s judicial rating committee  has practiced law for only three years and  as a blogger last year  displayed a degree of partisanship unusual for a judicial nominee  denouncing “Hillary Rotten Clinton” and pledging support for the National Rifle Assn.
Talley  36  is part of what  Trump  has called the “untold story” of his success in filling the courts with young conservatives.
“The judge story is an untold story. Nobody wants to talk about it ”  Trump  said last month  standing alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the White House Rose Garden. “But when you think of it  Mitch and I were saying  that has consequences 40 years out  depending on the age of the judge — but 40 years out.”
 Trump and McConnell  have succeeded in pushing judicial nominees through the Senate because the Republicans have voted in lockstep since taking control of the chamber in 2014.
When  Trump  took office in January  there were more than 100 vacant seats on the federal courts  thanks to an unprecedented slowdown engineered by McConnell during the final two years of President Obama’s term. The Senate under GOP control approved only 22 judges in that two-year period  the lowest total since 1951-52 in the last year of President Truman’s term. By contrast  the Senate under Democratic control approved 68 judges in the last two years of George W. Bush’s presidency.
The best known vacancy was on the Supreme Court. After Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016  McConnell refused to permit a hearing for Judge Merrick Garland  President Obama’s nominee.  Trump  filled the seat earlier this year with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch.
The Alliance for Justice  which tracks judicial nominees  said  Trump ’s team is off to a fast start  particularly when compared with Obama’s first year. By November 2009  Obama had made 27 judicial nominations  including Justice Sonia Sotomayor.  Trump  has nominated 59 people to the federal courts  including Justice Gorsuch. That’s also a contrast with  Trump ’s pace in filling executive branch jobs  where he has lagged far behind the pace of previous administrations.
Liberal advocates are dismayed that Republicans have voted in unison on  Trump ’s judges.
Brett J. Talley  President  [TGT]has never tried a case  was unanimously rated “not qualified” by the American Bar Assn.’s judicial rating committee  has practiced law for only three years and  as a blogger last year  displayed a degree of partisanship unusual for a judicial nominee  denouncing “Hillary Rotten Clinton” and pledging support for the National Rifle Assn.
Talley  36  is part of what  Trump  has called the “untold story” of his success in filling the courts with young conservatives.
“The judge story is an untold story. Nobody wants to talk about it ”  [TGT]said last month  standing alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the White House Rose Garden. “But when you think of it  Mitch and I were saying  that has consequences 40 years out  depending on the age of the judge — but 40 years out.”
 [TGT] and McConnell  have succeeded in pushing judicial nominees through the Senate because the Republicans have voted in lockstep since taking control of the chamber in 2014.
When  [TGT]took office in January  there were more than 100 vacant seats on the federal courts  thanks to an unprecedented slowdown engineered by McConnell during the final two years of President Obama’s term. The Senate under GOP control approved only 22 judges in that two-year period  the lowest total since 1951-52 in the last year of President Truman’s term. By contrast  the Senate under Democratic control approved 68 judges in the last two years of George W. Bush’s presidency.
The best known vacancy was on the Supreme Court. After Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016  McConnell refused to permit a hearing for Judge Merrick Garland  President Obama’s nominee.  [TGT]filled the seat earlier this year with Justice Neil M. Gorsuch.
The Alliance for Justice  which tracks judicial nominees  said  [TGT] ’s team is off to a fast start  particularly when compared with Obama’s first year. By November 2009  Obama had made 27 judicial nominations  including Justice Sonia Sotomayor.  [TGT]has nominated 59 people to the federal courts  including Justice Gorsuch. That’s also a contrast with  [TGT] ’s pace in filling executive branch jobs  where [TGT] has lagged far behind the pace of previous administrations.
Liberal advocates are dismayed that Republicans have voted in unison on  [TGT] ’s judges.