NATION : Souter Wins Highest Bar Rating
Supreme Court nominee David H. Souter today received the highest rating from the American Bar Assn.’s judicial screening panel, the Justice Department said.
Souter received a unanimous “well-qualified” rating from the ABA’s Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, according to a letter from the panel to the Justice Department.
Souter, a former member of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, was nominated by President Bush in July for the vacancy created by the retirement of Associate Justice William J. Brennan Jr.
Souter received a similar “well-qualified” rating earlier this year when he was nominated for a seat on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.
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