Trump Nominee Katie Lane Gets Thumbs-Down From Bar Association

Trump nominee Katie Lane gets thumbs-down from Bar Association

From the reporters, editors & supporters of MTFP in Helena and far-flung Montana.

American Bar Association says Montana nominee is not qualified to be a federal judge

Katie Lane has been nominated to the federal bench in Montana by President Doanld J. Trump. She testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in this picture on March 26, 2026 (Senate feed).Katie Lane, who has been nominated to the federal court in Montana by President Donald J. Trump, received a “not qualified” evaluation by the American Bar Association to become a federal judge. Lane is currently the general counsel for the Republican N…

ABA Hands Trump Nominee ‘Unqualified’ Reality Check

Well, here we go again, because apparently the lessons of Trump’s first judicial rodeo were filed somewhere between “ignore” and “double down.” Donald Trump’s nominee for a lifetime seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, Kathleen “Katie” Lane, has earned herself an “unqualified” rating from the American Bar Association, and while this is the first such rating of Trump’s second term, it is very much in keeping with the franc…

Trump's red state judge pick deemed 'not qualified' by Bar Association

Donald Trump's judicial nominee for Montana has become the first pick of his second term to be declared "not qualified" by the American Bar Association, and the reason was straightforward: she simply hasn't been a lawyer long enough. Katie Lane, nominated to serve as a federal judge in Montana,…