Meet Brett Talley,
who was approved on an 11-9 Senate committee vote to be a federal judge in
Alabama. He is unqualified. Here’s why.
He has never tried a
case in court.
He has been out of
law school only ten years (the ABA recommends a minimum of 12 years post- law
school experience for judges).
He has not practiced
law for most of his short career. He worked as a law clerk (three years),
and political appointee in a communications role.
He has extreme views.
Example: Weeks after 26 children and teachers at an elementary school were
killed in a mass shooting, his blog posted: “Today I pledge my support to the NRA;
financially, politically, and intellectually. I ask you to do the same. Join
the NRA. They stand for all of us now, and I pray that in the coming battle for
our rights, they will be victorious.”
More recently he has
tweeted or blogged: “Hillary Rotten Clinton might be the best Trumpism yet.”
“The press cares when
you lie to the American people. Unless you are @HillaryClinton #LochteGate.”
Also see the tweet (above).
Brett Talley has the
resume and rhetoric of someone who should run for office. He’d be a much better
candidate for senator from Alabama than another “judge,” Roy Moore.
In short, judges cannot be seated on the bench to play to the "base." They are on the bench for everyone who comes before their court.
In short, judges cannot be seated on the bench to play to the "base." They are on the bench for everyone who comes before their court.
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