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Judge no bar { March 17 2001 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/03/17/bush.courts/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/03/17/bush.courts/index.html Bush may cut Bar Association from judge reviews March 17, 2001 Web posted at: 12:58 PM EST (1758 GMT) From CNN White House Correspondent Kelly Wallace WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration is considering ending the American Bar Association's screening of federal judicial appointees, according to government sources. White House Counsel Alberto Gonzalez will meet with the bar association Monday, and one issue expected to be discussed is the group's role in the judicial selection process, according to an administration official who did not want to be identified. The official said if there is any announcement to make, it would come after the meeting. The New York Times reported Saturday that Bush's legal advisers told the American Bar Association that they want to end the semi-official practice, dating back to the 1950's, in which the bar association reviews the qualifications of every federal judicial candidate and makes a recommendation to the White House. Quoting unnamed lawyers involved in the discussions, the newspaper said the lawyers believed that the proposal is a sign the Bush administration wants to move the courts in a conservative direction. The proposal comes is in response to complaints from conservative Republicans that the bar association's evaluation of federal judges shows a liberal bias. An administration official refused to respond to the claims by unnamed lawyers, but restated Bush's position that he plans to appoint people who "interpret" the laws, not people who "make laws on the bench." The official, who said the administration is already interviewing federal judicial candidates, did not know how many vacancies currently exist. The last time questions surrounding the role of American Bar Association were raised, according to the New York Times, was during the previous Bush administration, when then Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, threatened to end the group's involvement. Republicans' resentment of the bar association peaked in 1987, when the group gave a mixed review to U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Robert Bork, with some in the GOP believing that played a role in Bork's unsuccessful nomination.

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