Griffith Gets Senate Nod For Appeals Court Seat (WP)

[silvermachine]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/14/AR2005061400596.html

<<<Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), the top Judiciary Committee Democrat, said Griffith's refusal to get a Utah law license should have disqualified him from the court.

Griffith said he did not have a Utah law license because he never thought he needed it for his job as lawyer for Brigham Young University. He also took the blame for losing his D.C. law license by not paying bar association dues. He got the license back by paying what he owed.

"Mr. Griffith has forgone at least 10 opportunities to take the bar in Utah, and has continued to refuse to do so during the pendency of his nomination. In this regard, he appears to think he is above the law," Leahy said. "That is not the kind of person who should be entrusted with a lifetime appointment to a federal court and, least of all, to such an important court as the D.C. Circuit, which is entrusted with protecting the rights of all Americans.">>>

Someone please remind exactly what it was that we gained from our compromise "victory". It appears to escape me...

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. We got Fristed

He played the Democrats like a harp, and the Democrats still have a firm grip on their ankles. We now have three of the most horrendous nominees safely ensconced on the bench of our Federal judiciary - lifetime appointments.

Imagine. A lawyer who doesn't even bother to get a law license. He had let his DC Bar membership lapse, too.

We are so screwed.

[KoKo]

2. It's amazing to me....this was a compromise?

At this rate we will get the last two most vile of the judges and Bolton as UN Ambassador within a few weeks.

It really is sickening.