HAMMER: Who Cares About The ABA’s Judicial Nominee Ratings?

Last evening, on the verge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit judicial nominee Lawrence VanDyke’s confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, the much-vaunted American Bar Association (ABA) released a shockingly ad hominem, scathing letter that concluded that VanDyke is “Not Qualified” for his proffered perch. The most shocking paragraph in the ABA’s letter accuses VanDyke, a religious Christian, of harboring animus against the LGBT community:

Some interviewees raised concerns about whether Mr. VanDyke would be fair to persons who are gay, lesbian, or otherwise part of the LGBTQ community. Mr. VanDyke would not say affirmatively that he would be fair to any litigant before him, notably members of the LGBTQ community.