If the ABA were to rank her as unqualified, or merely qualified, that would really change the ballgame. Then you've got the prospect of a left-right alliance coalescing. |
She has the kind of qualifications that are sort of classic ABA qualifications. President of a bar, active in the ABA, managing partner of a big firm. The bulk of the committee that will decide her rating is composed of people who look like her. |
The problem here is that the people who most need convincing are the people who are least likely to trust the ABA. A lot of us resigned from ABA after getting fed up with its establishment-left liberalism. If she were one of us, she'd have quit, too. |