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Meet 36 year old attorney Brett Talley. He is dating a woman who works at the WH. Trump nominated him to be a federal court judge.
He has never tried a case.
He has never argued a motion.
He has been voted out of the Senate Judiciary on a straight party line vote, despite that fact that he has received a very rare unanimous ABA rating of not qualified.
Trump Nominee for Federal Judgeship Has Never Tried a Case - The New York Times
So, what has he been doing, if not actually practicing law such as to have a clue what being a judge would be about?
Turns out, he's a real life ghostbuster.
Before He Was Tapped By Donald Trump, Controversial Judicial Nominee Brett J. Talley Investigated Paranormal Activity
What I find most interesting is that, apparently, 10-15 % of the time they DO find paranormal activity.
Wow. I mean who reviews these things and makes recommendations? This is absolutely the most appalling thing I've ever seen in terms of putting someone on the bench who is missing critical experience. How can he rule on objections, handle jury instructions, review sentencing guidelines, make evidentiary rulings?
He has never tried a case.
He has never argued a motion.
He has been voted out of the Senate Judiciary on a straight party line vote, despite that fact that he has received a very rare unanimous ABA rating of not qualified.
Trump Nominee for Federal Judgeship Has Never Tried a Case - The New York Times
So, what has he been doing, if not actually practicing law such as to have a clue what being a judge would be about?
Turns out, he's a real life ghostbuster.
On his questionnaire for the Senate Judiciary Committee, a copy of which was provided to The Daily Beast, Talley says that he was part of The Tuscaloosa Paranormal Research Group from 2009-2010. The group, according to its website, searches for the truth of the paranormal existence in addition to helping those who may be living with paranormal activity that can be disruptive and/or traumatic.
David Higdon, the groups founder and later a co-author with Talley told The Daily Beast that he couldnt remember specific cases they may have worked on together.
Mainly we may go into a house between maybe 7 at night and 6 in the morning and stay up all night long and see if we can see whats going on, Higdon told The Daily Beast in a phone interview, when asked about the paranormal groups work generally. If we go into a private house, we mainly try and debunk whats going on.
Higdon said that 85-90 percent of the time, they dont discover any kind of paranormal activity.
If you watch those TV shows, it seems like every five ten minutes, something is peeking up, Higdon explained. Its not like it is on TV. You sit in the dark and mostly wish something does happen.
Before He Was Tapped By Donald Trump, Controversial Judicial Nominee Brett J. Talley Investigated Paranormal Activity
What I find most interesting is that, apparently, 10-15 % of the time they DO find paranormal activity.
Wow. I mean who reviews these things and makes recommendations? This is absolutely the most appalling thing I've ever seen in terms of putting someone on the bench who is missing critical experience. How can he rule on objections, handle jury instructions, review sentencing guidelines, make evidentiary rulings?