VID OF THE DAY: Sen. John Kennedy Leaves Candidate Judge Gobsmacked

An interaction like this makes you wonder: what is going wrong here?

Is there some kind of a massive shortage of candidates to fill these roles and this is all we’ve got to work from? Is the push for diversity quotas leading nominators to pick judges with inferior aptitude and understanding of the law? Or are the people who share Team Biden’s political priorities just not very bright?

We’ll leave you to ponder that as you watch Senator Kennedy put Charnelle Bjelkengren on the spot with three very straightforward questions that ought to be a slam dunk for any qualified judge.

Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?

Yes

No

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She considers herself to be a qualified judge, hoping to be successfully promoted to USDJ for the Eastern District of Washington.

Here are the questions Sen Kennedy asked her.

Embarrassing: Watch Senator John Kennedy stump a Biden judicial nominee with basic questions about the U.S. Constitution. pic.twitter.com/HM7i1VxR1q

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) January 26, 2023

Article five?

Article two?

Those answers are bad enough…

But the third question? That’s a question about judicial philosophy and the interpretation of the law itself.

If you don’t even know that… what tools will you possibly use to navigate thorny questions about the correct interpretation of a relevant statute?

Senator Kennedy didn’t twist the knife after she struck out on those three questions. Then again, he didn’t have to.