Republicans on the committee criticized the American Bar Association’s “not qualified” rating of former Nevada Solicitor General Lawrence VanDyke issued the night before the hearing, with some calling on the White House to cut off the organization’s access to candidates claiming bias against conservative candidates. Democrats, meanwhile, noted that home state senators had not returned blue slips indicating their approval of VanDyke’s nomination nor that of Southern California federal prosecutor Patrick Bumatay, the other nominee under consideration Wednesday morning.Of note in today's DJ, Justice Raphael has The Whole Truth, and interesting exploration of the oath we all know and love (Code Civ. Proc., section 2094(a)(2)). Also of appellate note The Debate of Dynamex's Retroactivity Head to the California Supreme Court and Ethics at the California Coastal Commission.
Regarding that last article, don't miss the published case here, which notes in the intro: "And we publish, to also affirm—and remind the profession of—the importance of candor toward the court."
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