Posted on 11/01/2005 8:41:48 PM PST by tbird5
Just the week before, Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, had cheerfully predicted that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers had “turned the corner” and would never withdraw her name from consideration.
Now, a few hours after Miers proved him dead wrong, Sekulow sounded as upbeat as ever. “She did the noble thing,” Sekulow told the million-plus people listening to his daily radio show on Christian stations last Thursday, adding, confidentially, “I saw this coming.” The next nominee, he predicted, would be a sitting judge just as worthy of support as Miers.
It was vintage Sekulow: gliding over contradictions, pleased to be a player in nomination politics, and more than ready to play again. In recent weeks, Sekulow, the leading Supreme Court advocate of the Christian right, emerged as the steadiest and most visible of a dwindling number of social conservatives willing to support Miers. Because of that steadfast loyalty, he is likely to play a key role in campaigning for whoever replaces her.
“Jay has clearly succeeded in becoming closely linked to the Bush administration and has become a principal salesman for Bush nominees,” says Elliot Mincberg, legal director of People For the American Way.
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If I Were A Rich Man...
More important, he has class. Even in arguments with virulent opponents, he maintains his cool and is respectful.
Hard not to like him.
Asked about the ride, Scalia said through a spokeswoman that “I honestly cannot remember” the episode. Pat Robertson also said he could not recall the details but added that it is “common” for the university to share transportation resources with related organizations like the ACLJ and CASE.
It was yet another sign of Sekulow’s expanding clout, but he shrugs it off as nothing exceptional or improper. “We had a very pleasant 32-minute flight. That’s it.”
"We had" ??? Jay and Antonin hobnobbed aboard the craft?
You get what you pay for, unless you get lucky, and find someone who does it for love.
It's quite true. He's loyal. Always wise? I was underwhelmed with the quality of the involvement in the Schiavo case -- it's pretty widely agreed that the legal efforts really barked up the wrong tree.
There were a lot of us in the end that were trying to keep up appearances in the hopes that her withdraw could be better orchestrated.
Jay Seculow can now go on the talk shows and refute liberals who complain that the right "borked" the nominee -- because he never did.
Well, to be fair to Sekulow, he was frozen out of that case by Terri's parents. Even he said that their counsel prepared a poor case for appeal, basically arguing the case again rather than offering a basis for appeal.
Sekulow was not involve with that case. David Bois as it were bailed the legal incompetents out at the last minute, but then, it turned out the Scindlers had no substantive due process federal claim, anyway, even when the complaint was amended to somewhat ineptly allege it, finally.
Yes, she was lawyered to death.
There really wasn't a right legal tree to bark up.
The congress had to be willing to pass a law providing direct access to the federal court system on the merits of end-of-life cases when there was no clear indication of intent.
The democrats wouldn't go along with that, so we were stuck with standard court review which tied the hands of the lawyers.
They didn't bork her, they miered her.
Sekulow is a good guy. I donate to his organization and will continue to.
He is a good guy. He's always so upbeat and cheerful.
More important, he has class. Even in arguments with virulent opponents, he maintains his cool and is respectful.
He's one of the best Constitutional lawyers around.
Hard not to like him.
Yep, he's one of the most committed Christians that I know. He's an amazing guy!
as long as Jay keeps fighting for religious freedom he is OK... he should stay out of guessing though
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