Source: Washington Examiner
“Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department will end the American Bar Association’s role in vetting federal judges, escalating Republican efforts to sideline the legal group over claims of political bias. In a letter sent Thursday to ABA President William R. Bay, Bondi said the DOJ under President Donald Trump would no longer grant the group first access to judicial nominees or require candidates to cooperate with the ABA’s longstanding vetting process. … the DOJ’s Office of Legal Policy will no longer serve as a conduit for ABA access, ending internal policies that gave the association a unique foothold in the selection process. Nominees will also no longer be directed to provide waivers for the ABA to access confidential information, such as bar records, and will not respond to questionnaires or sit for interviews with the group’s judicial review committee, Bondi said.” (05/29/25)