Bondi Tells American Bar Association DOJ Will No Longer Comply With Their Ratings for Judicial Nominees
“while the ABA is free to comment on judicial nominations along with other activist organizations, there is no justification for treating the ABA differently from such other activist organizations”
Some people think this move is long overdue.
BREAKING: In a letter sent today, @AGPamBondi informed the American Bar Association that they will no longer enjoy "special access to judicial nominees." The ABA will no longer be granted waivers allowing the ABA access to non-public information, and judicial nominees will no… pic.twitter.com/QugLesKfwB
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 29, 2025
FOX News reports:
Justice Department tells American Bar Association it will no longer comply with ratings for judicial nominees
The Justice Department on Thursday formally notified the American Bar Association that it will no longer comply with its ratings process for judicial nominees, the result of what it argues is a biased system and one that “invariably and demonstrably” favors nominees put forth by Democratic administrations.
The letter, sent by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to ABA President William R. Bay, was previewed exclusively to Fox News. It marks the latest escalation in a protracted legal fight that Republicans have waged against the nation’s largest association of legal workers.
“For several decades, the American Bar Association has received special treatment and enjoyed special access to judicial nominees,” Bondi said in the letter. “In some administrations, the ABA received notice of nominees before a nomination was announced to the public. Some administrations would even decide whether to nominate an individual based on a rating assigned by the ABA.”
The Department of Justice said in the letter that it will no longer grant the ABA the “special treatment” and first access it has received, revoking decades of precedent where the ABA interviewed and vetted potential members of the incoming DOJ team.
“Accordingly, while the ABA is free to comment on judicial nominations along with other activist organizations, 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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Good. Now do law school accreditations.
this is a bold move by the djt admin and starts to get to one of the many roots of our problems in america
b/c what was lefty wing yesterday is center..slightly right of center, today
I mean other than alito and thomas we need no other proof of those facts than that
This is not the first time Republican administrations have broken with the ABA. The George W. Bush administration ended the practice of giving the ABA a first look at nominees, and Trump also did so in his first presidential term.
This has been done before by other repub admins. Democrat admins just put it back,
So is there a different organization that could be given the privilege the ABA has had for the rest of the Trump administration? The Federalist society?
No, the FedSoc officially takes an ideological viewpoint. The ABA’s shtick has been to claim to be completely neutral and evenhanded, not to have a dog in any fight, and thus trustworthy to be an honest broker. It’s even possible that people at the ABA actually believe this, and are astonished that every single Republican administration, without fail, disputes it. TJV will probably tell us that it proves Republicans are unreasonable and illogical and have a persecution complex or something.
The ABA claims to be neutral while making it clear for 3 decades that members who do not believe in an unrestricted right to abortion are not welcome and should keep that opinion to themselves.
Yep. Completely neutral and ideology free, like I said. They may actually believe this.
University accreditations. medical accreditations. ignoring the teachers unions, disbanding government unions. All would be good steps to break the hold these groups have on government.