ABA Finds First ‘Unqualified’ Judge Pick of Trump’s Second Term

A Republican National Committee lawyer is the first judicial nominee of President Donald Trump’s second term to be given a “not qualified” rating by the American Bar Association.

A majority of the ABA’s standing committee on the federal judiciary, which vets judicial nominees, gave the rating to RNC senior counsel Kathleen “Katie” Lane, who’s nominated for a seat on the US District Court for the District of Montana.

Lane’s rating was due solely to her lack of experience, and not other factors including temperament or integrity, according to an April 7 letter from the standing committee. Bloomberg Law obtained a ...