Biden Judicial Nominee Fails To Explain Basics of Constitution During Confirmation Hearing

On Thursday, President Joe Biden’s nominee for a U.S. District Court judge failed to answer basic questions regarding the U.S. Constitution. This included the functions of the fifth and second articles.

After Sen. John Kennedy (R., La.) After Sen. John Kennedy (R., La.) grilled Judge Charnelle Bjelkengren about Biden’s nomination for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington, the judge stated that those articles were not part of the Constitution. “not coming to mind at the moment.”

Q: ‘Judge tell me, what does article V do?”

Biden judicial nominee: ‘Article V is not coming to mind at the moment.”

“How about article 2?”

Nominee: ‘Neither is Article II”

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Article II describes the structure of Executive Branch and Article V explains how to amend it.

“In my 12 years as an assistant attorney general, and my 9 years serving as a judge, I was not faced with that precise question,” Kennedy asked Bjelkengren to define purposivism. This theory of constitutional interpretation in which a judge considers the intention of the legislature in order to understand the law’s purposes, is called the Theory of Purposivism.

Kennedy said Bjelkengren is “going to be faced with” These concepts are confirmed. “I can assure you of that,” He stated.

Bjelkengren will appear before a committee vote in coming days. There have been no reports about a possible withdrawal. Matthew Petersen was appointed by Donald Trump to the federal court. failed to define Several terms that were used in federal courts during his 2017 confirmation hearing were not considered by the nominee.

“I had hoped that my nearly two decades of public service might carry more weight than my two worst minutes on television,” Petersen wrote to Trump in a note.

Wednesday’s hearing saw Sen. Patty Murray (D. Wash.) call for Bjelkengren’s confirmation and called the judge an advocate. “exceptional nominee.”

“Judge Bjelkengren has over two decades of experience serving the people of Washington State, working thoughtfully through tough legal questions that affect their daily lives,” Murray stated.

Bjelkengren was added by the senator “reflects the diversity of this country.”

Jay Inslee, the Washington governor (D.), appointed Bjelkengren as the Spokane County Superior Court Judge in 2019. Her previous duties included assistant attorney general for Washington State.

Bjelkengren was a student at Gonzaga University School of Law (Mankato State University) and Mankato State University. received A “diversity scholarship.”

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