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Bondi Ends ABA Role in Vetting Trump’s Judicial Nominees

The change ends a decades-long privilege after the Justice Department accused the group of liberal bias in its ratings.

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Overview

  • Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a formal letter to ABA President William Bay announcing that the DOJ will no longer grant the association special access to Trump judicial nominees or require their cooperation.
  • The DOJ’s Office of Legal Policy will stop directing nominees to sign waivers for non-public information, respond to ABA questionnaires or sit for its interviews.
  • Bondi’s letter states that the ABA “no longer functions as a fair arbiter” and that its ratings system “invariably and demonstrably” favors nominees from Democratic administrations.
  • This decision follows earlier Trump administration restrictions on DOJ staff participation in ABA events and challenges to the group’s law school accreditation powers.
  • The ABA’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, which has rated nominees since 1948, is now fully sidelined from the federal judicial vetting process under the current administration.