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Classic case of false equivalence: they both appointed judges therefore their actions must be equivalent, right?

Did Obama ever nominate a judge that’s never tried a case in front of a court and failed to disclose his marriage to the White House counsel’s chief of staff?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Talley



I didn’t realize that was the judge who wrote this opinion!

Oh wait, he’s not. So whatever ad homs you have about him are irrelevant here.


> I didn’t realize that was the judge who wrote this opinion!

If that's the criteria why did you bring up "Obama judges" and "judges nominated by Trump"? They clearly didn't write the opinion either. You don't get to broaden the scope of discussion then scold someone for responding within that scope.


I was responding to someone who said:

> Him being a trump nominee makes me suspicious




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