That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley

There are plenty of conservative jurists in the world.

Of course, if Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, or John McCain wanted to take a substantive stand against president Trump’s defiance of norms - one that wouldn’t require them to compromise their conservative ideals - this would be a great opportunity. Now, Talley’s nomination will proceed to the Senate floor, where he is widely expected to be confirmed on a party-line vote, just like Trump’s previous judicial nominees. On Friday, the Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to second Trump’s assessment. President Trump looked over this body of work, and decided the 36-year-old was qualified for a lifetime appointment to the federal bench (the American Bar Association begged to differ). He also went to Harvard Law School, clerked for a couple of federal judges, and made a positive impression on Alabama senator Luther Strange.

He has never tried a case - or even argued a motion.īut he does write a spirited, far-right blog: Shortly after the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary, Talley described Barack Obama’s proposal to expand background checks and restrict rapid-fire weapons as “the greatest attack on our constitutional freedoms in our lifetime.” One month later, he endorsed the idea that Americans “will have to resort to arms when our other rights - of speech, press, assembly, representative government - fail to yield the desired results.” During the 2016 campaign he derided the Democratic nominee as “Hillary Rotten Clinton.” Talley has practiced law for less than three years. Photo: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Imagesīrett J.

That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley