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i can't even. this is a joke. i was more qualified than this "nominee" when I was a law clerk before I even passed the bar. thank you for exposing this farce.

This is Donald flipping the bird to the country.

The sad thing is ... how many of them were confirmed!!??

Also.... five minutes to question five nominees?

Seriously... a job interview for a Judge in 1 minute.... smdh

That's all they needed,they don't know jack.

Ahhh ... tweets of snowflakes melting -- music to my ears! #Winning tastes good! Ouuu, that smell !!! NAPALM! -- ObamaNation ! -- a balm for America, to #MAGA!!!

You can support Trump and still want qualified people to be put on the bench for *lifetime* appointments. Astounding that you equate 'winning' with destroying the court system.

I can beat you because I've watched old Perry Mason reruns!

Oh that's NOTHING. I've seen every Law and Order ever made. I'm positive I could pass the NY Bar Exam.

Law & Order *AND* SVU I’m planning on running for state AG

Well *I* have also watched NCIS and Burn Notice, so I guess I will apply to be an Admiral and head the CIA .

Then I should have a seat on the Supreme Court, I've watched Judge Judy. *mic drop*

Dude. You win the new non- neutral internet.

I'm a bit at a loss to explain to nonlawyers just how basic the subject matter of those questions is to what a federal judge does every day. Maybe "does a baker know the difference between whole wheat and white AP flour."

I generally hate this kind of terminological gotchaing. For example I'm pretty sure many Masters' in IR have been conferred to people who didn't learn the term nuclear triad. Many of them I'd still want to be president before Marco Rubio. However.

This is a job with specific professional qualifications and requirements (except unfortunately not officially). And this guy is explicitly proposing to get said job with none of those. Have at him. What an insult to the judiciary and the country to put this guy up there.

He's clearly intelligent, and honest if a bit bullshitty about his KSAs. He's probably a decent regulator at the FEC, I presume he knows that subject. But I'm with Sen. Kennedy here: unless he gets significant litigation experience, he should not get this appointment.

I have tried cases to verdict in US district court (won!) and I would be hesitant about accepting a nomination, TBH. I'm not a massive FRCP geek like I think you need to be. But I know what a Daubert motion is, for crying out loud.

@Don_Zeko

I'm with Burt. This kind of questioning is a bit of a gotcha, but not knowing what a motion in lim is is so unbelievable that the rest doesn't matter.