BAR ASSOCIATION STANDS BY KAVANAUGH – AT 2:20 P.M. ET:  Remember that we were told, a few days back, that the American Bar Association had asked for a delay in the confirmation hearings to allow for an FBI investigation.  Not so fast, Jones.  Turns out it never happened.  From the Washington Examiner: 

A committee for the American Bar Association that evaluates the professional qualifications of judges said it still stands behind Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

The association’s president urged the Senate Judiciary Committee late Thursday to stall a confirmation vote until the FBI has conducted an investigation into Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation that he sexually assaulted her.

The letter was not seen by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary before it was sent to the panel, committee chairman Paul Mosley wrote in a separate letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Friday.

The Standing Committee “acts independently” of the association’s leadership, he said.
“The Committee conducts non-partisan, non-ideological, and confidential peer review of federal judicial nominees. The ABA’s rating for Judge Kavanaugh is not affected by Mr. [Robert] Carlson’s letter,” the letter concluded.

The American Bar Association's Thursday call for the postponement of a vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination was seen as significant because the Standing Committee had said a month prior that Kavanaugh was “well qualified” to serve on the Supreme Court. It’s the highest rating a judge can receive from the committee.

COMMENT:  Another case of fake news.  Obviously poor journalistic work.  No one checked the details on the story before it went out.

I think readers would be shocked at how often this happens.

September 29, 2018