^^^ This. The reason there are law books... is to look up the crap that is first year law school stuff.
When I work on a car I have the manual open. I don't do it from memory. When I load a .308.. I have my data book open. I don't go by memory.
This was a simple hit-job. Now every judicial candidate will have to bone up on arcane first year law school civics crap. Because from now on, this will be the litmus test for a witch-hunting bunch of confirmation senators...
Cheers,
Sirhr
A lawyer friend of mine posted on Facebook that two questions that Matthew Peterson could not answer were in regard to "Daubert" and a motion of Lemine.
Dauber Standard-
A Motion of Limineis a
motion, discussed outside the presence of the
jury, to request that certain testimony be excluded. The motion is decided by a judge in both
civil and
criminal proceedings. It is frequently used at pre-trial hearings or during
trial, and it can be used at both the
state and
federal levels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_in_limine
Peterson has neither tried a jury trial nor argued a case in federal court. He was unable to speak to how a judge would deal with admissibility of evidence in a trial. If you want to be a judge, these seem to be things you should know.
I also keep a manual out when I reload, but I don't need it to tell me that I need to weigh powder charges or that some powders are unsuitable for the cartridge I am loading. The questions above are not esoteric trivia bits only the front row students in freshman law courses remember. These are "So you wanna be a judge? 101" questions.
I'm not sure that a lifetime appointment to a federal district court is the right place to be sporting training wheels and elbow pads as a judge.
It should also be noted that Senator John Kennedy, who was leading the questioning, is a republican. Not exactly a DNC hit job...
