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General Assemblyâs judicial interviews devolve into âs showâ Virginia General Assembly Building (Source: WHSV) By Ned Oliver | Virginia Mercury | February 10, 2021 at 5:12 PM EST - Updated February 10 at 5:12 PM
The General Assembly broke from its staid and often secretive approach to making judicial appointments this week when a hearing to interview candidates devolved into a spectacle that prompted one exasperated senator to let loose a string of expletives.
The General Assembly was interviewing Katie Uston, the former assistant counsel at the Virginia State Bar, for a circuit court judgeship in Alexandria.
The proceedings are typically marked by subdued back-and-forths and softball questions like âwhy do you want to be a judge?â â with the real work of selecting candidates hammered out in private among lawmakers who represent the given judicial district.