There’s no such thing as a sure ticket to the bench, but Senate Judiciary Committee aide Lawrence Block was following a well-worn path when he waltzed through a perfunctory hearing before his own committee on Aug. 1.
Assuming that Block is approved by the Senate, no fewer than four former legal aides to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will be serving as federal judges — all of them on two specialized courts located in a single building just down the street from the White House.
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