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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPence Casts Tie-breaking Vote to Confirm Federal Judge with ABA rating: "not qualified"
Pence Casts Tie-breaking Vote to Confirm Federal Judge
Vice President Mike Pence had to break a tie in the Senate on Tuesday to confirm Jonathan Kobes as a judge on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The 50-50 tie came thanks to Sen. Jeff Flake, who joined every Democrat in voting against the nomination. The retiring Arizona senator has vowed to block all judicial picks until the Senate votes on legislation that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired.
Kobes is the first judge in U.S. history to be confirmed by the Senate with a tie-breaking vote from the vice president, according to CBS News.
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Kobes, a Harvard Law School graduate, is the fourth Trump judicial nominee to be confirmed that the ABA rated as not qualified. - Townhall
Vice President Mike Pence had to break a tie in the Senate on Tuesday to confirm Jonathan Kobes as a judge on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The 50-50 tie came thanks to Sen. Jeff Flake, who joined every Democrat in voting against the nomination. The retiring Arizona senator has vowed to block all judicial picks until the Senate votes on legislation that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired.
Kobes is the first judge in U.S. history to be confirmed by the Senate with a tie-breaking vote from the vice president, according to CBS News.
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Kobes, a Harvard Law School graduate, is the fourth Trump judicial nominee to be confirmed that the ABA rated as not qualified. - Townhall
The damage to democracy just rolls on.
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Pence Casts Tie-breaking Vote to Confirm Federal Judge with ABA rating: "not qualified" (Original Post)
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Dec 2018
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BigmanPigman
(51,632 posts)1. One not qualified vote cast for another person who is
also not qualified.
keithbvadu2
(36,933 posts)2. A loyal Trumpeteer... the only qualification they care about.
A loyal Trumpeteer... the only qualification they care about.
UTUSN
(70,744 posts)3. Well, of course he did.
Polybius
(15,489 posts)4. From a link:
Liberal and civil rights groups also opposed his nomination, noting he represented anti-abortion health centers pro bono and sat on the board of a Christian foster care agency that discriminated against LGBT couples. Kobes said he was aware of the center's policy, but declined to say whether he supports it.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jonathan-kobes-becomes-first-federal-judge-in-u-s-history-confirmed-by-tiebreaker-in-the-senate/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jonathan-kobes-becomes-first-federal-judge-in-u-s-history-confirmed-by-tiebreaker-in-the-senate/