Menendez Denies Retribution In Blocking Shwartz’s Appointment To Appeals Court
Senator Robert Menendez denies he is preventing Federal Magistrate Patty Shwartz’s appointment to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals because her boyfriend is the federal prosecutor who lead the corruption investigation into the senator during his 2006 campaign, according to a report at Politico.
Menendez said it wasn’t appropriate to debate a potential judges qualifications in the press, before he went on to malign Shwartz:
“It is incredibly disappointing and unfortunate that my real concerns over the suitability of Judge Shwartz to serve a lifetime appointment as circuit court judge have been spun as some petty political vendetta by some of her supporters,” Menendez said in a statement to POLITICO.
“I proceeded to ask her substantive legal questions and was not fully satisfied with her responses,” Menendez said. “In my opinion, Judge Shwartz did not adequately demonstrate the breadth of knowledge of constitutional law and pivotal Supreme Court decisions such as Citizens United that we should expect from a United States Circuit Court judge.”
“In the interview with Judge Shwartz, in my opinion, she misapplied the application of strict scrutiny versus rational basis review to the questions at hand,” Menendez added. “She did not express substantive knowledge as to the scope of the rights of corporations under the Constitution or jurisprudence on the constitutional limits of Executive Branch powers.
Menendez lied to me personally and didn’t respond when I called him on it, in the months after Jon Corzine appointed him to the Senate. Thus my bias makes it difficult to believe anything he says. He’s just not trustworthy.
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As if Menendez even remotely grasps any of those subjects.
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I feel bad for Menendez, lol. Candidate Rullo is already exposing him for accepting donations from Dwek with those he got busted in bid rig. He is also calling for another federal probe on the procedure that resulted in change of US AG. If you look at the history of Rullo, he took stances against just about every corrupt politician. It is ashame more politicians don’t stand up to corruption in New Jersey like Governor Christie and Joe Rullo.
Menendez Lies? Tell me it isn’t so! In this state we have 2 beauties, the illegal senator Lautenberg and the appointed senator Menendez. Isn’t life grand in the Garden State.
[…] Lautenberg will also miss the confirmation of U.S. Magistrate Patty Shwartz to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, a nomination that was initially blocked by New Jersey’s junior senator, Bob Menendez. […]
[…] Lautenberg will also miss the confirmation of U.S. Magistrate Patty Shwartz to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, a nomination that was initially blocked by New Jersey’s junior senator, Bob Menendez. […]