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“this week, the Republican leader, Senator McConnell, has scheduled a vote on a nominee to fill a Ninth Circuit seat based in California. But the nominee, Daniel Bress, is a Washington, DC, lawyer who has only lived in California for 1 year since high school. Mr. Bress checks many of the usual boxes that we see for Republican judicial nominees: He is very young--only 40 years old--he has a track record of representing big corporate interests, and he is a longtime member of the Federalist Society. But what is new and different about this nominee is that, by any reasonable standard, he is not a member of the legal community of the State in which he would sit if confirmed. Mr. Bress is listed by the California bar as an out-of-State attorney. He belongs to no legal societies or organizations in California. He has only worked on a handful of matters in California courts. He doesn't own property in California or even have a California driver's license. Mr. Bress's nomination is opposed by California's two Senators, neither of whom have provided a blue slip. He was reported out of the Judiciary Committee with opposition from all committee Democrats. To my Republicans colleagues, I say this: The vote on the Bress nomination will set a precedent that could come back to haunt your State. Any Senator who votes to confirm Mr.…”