Obama names brother of undecided House Dem to Appeals Court.
BY John McCormack
Weekly Standard
March 3, 2010
Tonight, Barack Obama will host ten House Democrats who voted against the health care bill in November at the White House; he’s obviously trying to persuade them to switch their votes to yes. One of the ten is Jim Matheson of Utah. The White House just sent out a press release announcing that today President Obama nominated Matheson’s brother Scott M. Matheson, Jr. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
“Scott Matheson is a distinguished candidate for the Tenth Circuit court,” President Obama said. “Both his legal and academic credentials are impressive and his commitment to judicial integrity is unwavering. I am honored to nominate this lifelong Utahn to the federal bench.” …
…So, Scott Matheson appears to have the credentials to be a judge, but was his nomination used to buy off his brother’s vote?
The entire article is at Weekly Standard.
