John Kennedy Stumps Another Biden Nominee With Simple Question

Sarah Arnold / Townhall Tipsheet

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) once again stumped a Biden judicial nominee after asking her a simple question about how the Court of Federal Claims works.

This week, Kennedy asked Biden nominee Robin M. Meriweather how many motions she has argued in the court of federal claims. In response, she said, “hundreds of motions involving complex civil claims in numerous courts, the court of federal claims is not one of those courts.”

Kennedy confirmed the answer was zero before he asked Meriweather to tell him the grounds for granting a new trial in the Court of Federal Claims. 

Meriweather continuously dodged the senator’s question, refusing to answer the grounds for granting a new trial.

"All of the trials in the Court of Federal Claims are bench trials and the Court of Federal Claims, although it is not bound by the federal rules of civil procedure, its rules mirror those rules when applicable. So it’s my understanding that the same rules that would apply in the district court are also applied in that context, but if I...Read more, seeXs and video here.