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Sarah Pitlyk is Trump’s 172nd Judge Appointment, and She’s Awful
She’s unanimously “Not Qualified,” but that didn’t stop the Senate from confirming her.
This week, the Senate confirmed radical anti-choice lawyer Sarah Pitlyk as a federal district judge (49–44), despite her rare, unanimous “Not Qualified” rating from the American Bar Association.
Here’s William C. Hubbard — chair of the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary — explaining why they all declared Pitlyk “Not Qualified”:
“Ms. Pitlyk has never tried a case as lead or co-counsel, whether civil or criminal. She has never examined a witness. Though Ms. Pitlyk has argued one case in a court of appeals, she has not taken a deposition. She has not argued any motion in a state or federal trial court. She has never picked a jury. She has never participated at any stage of a criminal matter.”
She’s never tried a case. So what has she done?
She clerked for Brett Kavanaugh, then when he was credibly accused of sexual assault, she co-wrote an opinion piece for Fox News, writing Kavanaugh was “one of the most honorable men we have had the privilege to know” and “a champion for women’s equality.”
