Bar Says Bush Nominee to Bench ‘Not Qualified’
The American Bar Assn. rated Michael Wallace, President Bush’s nominee for the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, as “not qualified,” prompting a call from the liberal group People For the American Way for Bush to withdraw the nomination.
The bar gave its lowest rating to Wallace, 54, who was special counsel to then-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi during the impeachment trial of President Clinton in 1999. Wallace has never been a judge.
The White House immediately disagreed with the bar and rejected its rating.
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