The Department of Justice announced it is reducing the ABA's influence on federal judiciary nominations by restricting its access to non-public information concerning judicial candidates. Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized the ABA, labeling it as an 'activist group' and accusing it of bias in its ratings process. As part of the changes, judicial nominees will no longer have to provide waivers for the ABA to access their information. This decision coincided with President Trump's introduction of several new judicial nominees, emphasizing the administration's intent to reshape the judiciary without ABA involvement.
The American Bar Association has lost its way, and we do not believe it serves as a fair arbiter of judicial nominees.
There is no justification for treating the ABA differently from such other activist organizations and the Department of Justice will not do so.
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