Trump judicial pick, rated unqualified by the ABA, advances in Senate

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Trump judicial choose, rated unqualified by the ABA, advances in Senate

Could 1, 2026, 9:57 am CDT

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday authorised Kathleen “Katie” Lane’s nomination to the U.S. District Court docket for the District of Montana, sending it to the total U.S. Senate by a vote alongside celebration strains. Lane acquired an unqualified score for the place from the ABA over her restricted authorized expertise.

Lane is the Republican Nationwide Committee lawyer and a former Montana deputy solicitor normal. She was the primary judicial nominee in President Donald Trump’s second time period to obtain a “not certified” score, in line with a narrative by Bloomberg Legislation.

Earlier than the vote, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, mentioned Lane was a “nice nominee” and uniquely certified to serve in Montana primarily based on her expertise with land use, grazing rights, mining and rural points, in line with Bloomberg Legislation.

“I hope she wears her ABA score as a badge of honor primarily based on the historical past of stellar judges who acquired poor ABA scores,” Grassley mentioned.

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