ABA Rates Nominee as Qualified but Coburn says Nomination Dead
The American Bar Association, which rates federal judicial nominees as either Well Qualified, Qualified or Not Qualified has given Oklahoma U.S. District Court nominee Arvo Mikkanen a unanimous rating of qualified, according to a posting on the ABA website. Mikkanen, a longtime federal prosecutor in Oklahoma City, was nominated by President Obama for a judgeship in the Northern District, based in Tulsa.
However, Jim Myers of the Tulsa World reports today that Sen. Tom Coburn has declared the nomination dead.
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Thank you Sen. Coburn for blocking Mr. Mikkanen’s nomination. There is some very important legislation pending right now and we cannot afford counter-active legislation from the bench. Personal philosophies are rarely kept separate from judiciary rulings. They will rationalize and reason in favor of their own personal viewpoints in an attempt to cherry-pick validation even if the applicability is questionable. Nicely done Senator!
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