Washington – U.S. Attorney Stephanie Rose received a majority vote on her nomination for federal judge Thursday by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the committee, said there was an issue raised since the last hearing about Rose but her nomination would go to the Senate floor pending review.
He didn’t explain the issue but said Wednesday during a weekly news conference that there were a lot of questions about her involvement in the prosecution of illegal workers who were arrested during the 2008 Agriprocessors raid at the Postville meatpacking plant. Grassley said questions were raised about how defendants were treated during the fast track court proceedings in Waterloo but according to the record Rose followed the law.
Rose said she wasn’t involved in the planning of the raid, the pre-raid ratified plea agreements or the prosecutions themselves. She and others in the office were following decision-making from the U.S. Department of Justice who had control and approval over the fast track prosecutions of more than 350 illegal immigrants.
University of Richmond School of Law Professor Carl Tobias, an expert on federal courts, said he wasn’t aware of the issue Grassley mentioned but he didn’t think Grassley was too concerned about it or he wouldn’t have voted in favor of the nomination, and probably would have held the vote all together if it was a concern.
Rose, 39, of Center Point, was nominated by President Barack Obama for the federal bench in the Southern District. If confirmed, she will replace Chief Judge Robert Pratt, who will retire July 1.
No good for yiden
27 years is more than murderers get
Sometimes virulent antisemitism does pay.
It is shocking to see that any person with such a high level of being prejudice would be allowed to occupy such an important position at the Department of Justice.
She has a great record and was supported by all the members of the ABA review committee, including lawyers and judges who have worked with her or practiced before her for over 10 years. The SMR crowd has attempted to smear her reputation but were unsucessful. She will be confirmed by the Senate late next week.
#2 most probably ur a self hated Jew from the false mossiah site
#2 – You’re right but you’re sooooo wrong. She did upload the law but she went too far. He doesnt deserve 27 years. No white collar crime gets 27 years. What’s wrong with you?
If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime…
Good news. She is a very balanced civil worker and has a superb reputation and credentials. Beware all criminals. I wish her the best.
Leiv meluchim vesurim beyad hashem nothihing to be worried
This is what we learn from the Rubashkin story;
1. When the government wants to come after an individual or business they have the power to do so
2. If Klall Yisroel would have supported Mr Rubahkin from the beginning of his tzorah-the results would have been different. Most of us were quick to assign guilt 3. Many of us have not learned these valuable lessons yet
Could posters #6 ,7, and 8, please provide some evidence that Stephanie Rose is anti-Semitic.
Before you reply, take a deep breath and consider the following points: (a) You do not know what decisions she made. (b) Not every decision that harmfully impacts a Jew is motivated by anti-Semitism.
The two (!) PR firms hired by Rubashkin did not succeed in keeping him out of prison, but they have clearly succeeded in converting some members of our community into irrational, brainwashed zombies.
Liberal, left, right, wrong, irrelevent, there are anti semites on both sides- this rasha is getting her fix in this world so we can watch her in prison in the next! Even the gentile lawmakers realized rubashkin was unfairly tried from the beginning and JEWISH brothers can’t be dan lkaf zechis?! When u judge others all u really judge is urself!
Something wrong with this article. Grassley is a Republican, and Democrats control Senate, so he can’t be the Chairman of the committee.
I suspect the questions did not involve the Jewish defendants. They probably involved treatment of the “undocumented”.
Bnei rachmanim where has our rachmanus gone