President Obama has reversed another policy of George W. Bush by asking the American Bar Association (ABA) to resume reviewing potential judicial nominees and to rate their qualifications. Beginning in 1953, the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary performed this function for U.S. presidents, both Democratic and Republican. This long run of responsibility came to an abrupt end in March 2001, shortly after Bush took over the presidency. President Bush supported the conservative view that the ABA was too liberal. Actually, of the 26 potential nominees deemed “unqualified” by the ABA review committee between 1960 and 2001, only three were proposed by Republican presidents. However, the Right turned against the ABA in 1987 after the Senate rejection of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork. In fact, the ABA committee judged Bork “well-qualified,” but conservative critics were upset that four of the 15 ABA committee members called him “unqualified.”