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July 26, 2006
ABA drive-by
To the uninitiated, the American Bar Association may seem harmless enough - an industry group like any other attending to continuing education, hosting seminars, etc. But the reality is the ABA is a political interest group and, owing mainly to the plaintiff trial bar and predominately liberal law professors, the ABA sees itself as the guardian of Earl Warren's and Thurgood Marshall's extra-Constitutional legacy on the Supreme Court and in the federal bar. To many attorneys, the ABA doesn't represent us any more than NOW represents "women" -- which is why many who dare believe in "federalism" opt instead for the Federalist Society.
Anyway, after President Bush took office he made clear he didn't regard the ABA as having veto power over his nominees -- and in the process he marginalized the ABA, much the same way he did the NAACP, until last week. Well, this didn't please the ABA, and true to form they're exacting retribution in the form of a "hit job" on the President's nominee to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Michael Wallace; the ABA's motives and tactics are exposed today by the WSJ.
Posted by bill at July 26, 2006 10:20 AM
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