Bryant Hearing Set for Tomorrow

Tomorrow the Senate Judiciary Committee is set to conduct a hearing on the nomination of Superior Court Judge Vanessa Bryant to be a United States District Judge. As I previously posted here back in May, Judge Bryant is only the sixth federal court nominee out of 445 since 1999 to be rated unqualified by the American Bar Association. Of the five previous nominees to receive an "unqualified" rating, three were ultimately confirmed.

Notwithstanding the similar rating of the Connecticut Bar Association, Judge Bryant has the backing of both our senators, as well as Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. All three are expected to testify at tomorrow's hearing. For more details, see here.

The Hartford Courant has reported that if confirmed Judge Bryant would be the first female African American federal judge in New England.