A few thoughts on Harriet Miers...
Conservatives are "on the ledge" so to speak over President Bushs latest Supreme Court nominee. A few thoughts from them:
"It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests and talents pertinent to the court's role. Otherwise the sound principle of substantial deference to a president's choice of judicial nominees will dissolve into a rationalization for senatorial abdication of the duty to hold presidents to some standards of seriousness that will prevent them from reducing the Supreme Court to a private plaything useful for fulfilling whims on behalf of friends." -George Will
"I'M DISAPPOINTED, depressed and demoralized." -William Kristol, Editor of "The Weekly Standard" and frequent contributor to Fox news.
Harriet Miers credentials are, shall we say, modest. By consensus, she's a distinguished attorney and highly capable presidential aide. She was a major player in Texas legal circles, serving as the first female head of the State Bar of Texas. President Bush's introduction on Monday smacked of resume padding. She was on the Dallas City Council and tried cases before judges. And, President Bush noted, as head of the Texas Lottery Commission Miers "insisted on a system that was fair and honest." That's a bit like saying that, as head of the water authority, she insisted tap water be fit for human consumption; it's the right position but hardly a profile in courage. -Jonah Goldberg
As a card-carrying member of the conservative conclave, I would not have made Miss Miers my first choice … or my thousandth. In fact, I would associate myself with Brother-in-Christ Patrick Buchanan's searing preachment at Monday's services concerning her wane qualifications for the high bench. -Tony Blankley
But her qualifications for the Supreme Court are nonexistent. She is not a brilliant jurist -- indeed, has never been a judge. She is not a scholar of the law. Researchers are hard-pressed to dig up an opinion. She has not had a brilliant career in politics, the academy, the corporate world or the public forum. Were she not a friend of Bush, and female, she would never have even been considered. -Pat Buchanan
"There are a lot more people - men, women and minorities - that are more qualified in my opinion by their experience than she is," -Trent Lott
"It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests and talents pertinent to the court's role. Otherwise the sound principle of substantial deference to a president's choice of judicial nominees will dissolve into a rationalization for senatorial abdication of the duty to hold presidents to some standards of seriousness that will prevent them from reducing the Supreme Court to a private plaything useful for fulfilling whims on behalf of friends." -George Will
"I'M DISAPPOINTED, depressed and demoralized." -William Kristol, Editor of "The Weekly Standard" and frequent contributor to Fox news.
Harriet Miers credentials are, shall we say, modest. By consensus, she's a distinguished attorney and highly capable presidential aide. She was a major player in Texas legal circles, serving as the first female head of the State Bar of Texas. President Bush's introduction on Monday smacked of resume padding. She was on the Dallas City Council and tried cases before judges. And, President Bush noted, as head of the Texas Lottery Commission Miers "insisted on a system that was fair and honest." That's a bit like saying that, as head of the water authority, she insisted tap water be fit for human consumption; it's the right position but hardly a profile in courage. -Jonah Goldberg
As a card-carrying member of the conservative conclave, I would not have made Miss Miers my first choice … or my thousandth. In fact, I would associate myself with Brother-in-Christ Patrick Buchanan's searing preachment at Monday's services concerning her wane qualifications for the high bench. -Tony Blankley
But her qualifications for the Supreme Court are nonexistent. She is not a brilliant jurist -- indeed, has never been a judge. She is not a scholar of the law. Researchers are hard-pressed to dig up an opinion. She has not had a brilliant career in politics, the academy, the corporate world or the public forum. Were she not a friend of Bush, and female, she would never have even been considered. -Pat Buchanan
"There are a lot more people - men, women and minorities - that are more qualified in my opinion by their experience than she is," -Trent Lott
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