Tuesday, December 19, 2017

FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, 12/19/2107

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"Just because you've seen 'My Cousin Vinny' doesn't qualify you to be a federal judge."
Senator John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, after video of him grilling a nominee for the federal bench last week spread online. The nominee, Matthew Petersen, was unable to answer many of the senator's questions and withdrew his nomination over the weekend.