In a piece in Tuesday's New York Times (March 31, 2009), Adam Liptak addressed the alleged "liberal bias" of the American Bar Association in its evaluation of presidential judicial nominees. ("As the Bar Gets Its Voice Back on Judges, Advice May Ring Familiar.")
The basic premise of the article is that the ABA has tended to give Democratic nominees more favorable ratings than Republican nominees. The assumption is that, if this is so, it demonstrates the ABA's liberal bias...
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