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I think you should check the actual ABA documents...President Barack Obama had a number of potential nominees who were rated as “not qualified” — who he then didn’t actually nominate.no official nominee under President Barack Obama had a “not qualified” rating, the New York Times reported in 2011 that the ABA gave a “not qualified” rating to 14 of about 185 potential candidates the Obama administration asked the ABA to evaluate.
Trump’s decision to skip the ABA vetting process means that he’s then nominating people who the ABA doesn’t feel are qualified, and that view becomes public. It seems like Trump’s had more poorly reviewed nominees than Obama because Obama didn’t actually nominate his poorly reviewed candidates.
Ratings of Article III and Article IV Judicial Nominees
The Standing Committee rates each nominee "Well Qualified," "Qualified" or "Not Qualified." . Learn more about the process.
www.americanbar.org