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Senate Confirms Another Kavanaugh Clerk
the ABA Deemed ‘Not Qualified’ for the Bench

By Jacqueline Thomsen

The Senate has confirmed another former Brett
Kavanaugh clerk to the federal bench after
she received a “not qualified” rating from the
American Bar Association.
Sarah Pitlyk will now be a judge for the U.S. Dis-
trict Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
after the Senate confirmed her nomination 49-44
Wednesday.
Liberal groups and lawmakers staunchly opposed
her confirmation, pointing to Pitlyk’s lack of experi-
ence in trial court and her work for anti-abortion
activists.
That lack of litigation experience was also the sub-
ject of the ABA’s “not qualified” rating. “Ms. Pitlyk’s
experience to date has a very substantial gap, namely
the absence of any trial or even real litigation experi-
ence,” William Hubbard, the chairman of the ABA’s
Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, wrote
to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sarah Pitlyk testifies before the Senate Judiciary

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Ranking Member Sen. Dianne Democrats have defended Republican Sen. Susan Collins
also said she would oppose Pit-
Feinstein said “Pitlyk’s record is the nonpartisan group lyk’s confirmation.
extremely troubling and raises a
number of questions about her against those charges. Pitlyk currently works for the

ability to be a fair and impartial Thomas More Law Center, which
judge.” says it defends “the religious free-
The California Democrat pointed to unfounded dom of Christians, time-honored family values, and
claims that Pitlyk has made in legal briefs, such as the sanctity of human life.”

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