Posted on 10/03/2005 10:54:28 AM PDT by Rodney King
SOME QUICK THOUGHTS ON HARRIET MIERS: This pick reinforces several traits Bush doesn't want reinforced right now. It's a pro-business pick. In Texas Miers specialized in "commercial litigation, including antitrust and trade regulations and intellectual property disputes" according to this bio. It's a pro-crony pick. She was Bush's personal lawyer as far back as the 1980s, and obviously loyalty to Bush trumped intellectual firepower. Finally, the Miers pick cements the idea that Bush is politically weak and scared of a major fight with Democrats. As Bill Kristol just pointed out on Fox, this choice will be depressing to conservatives at exactly the moment when they were looking to be bucked up by the president.
For instance economic conservatives pleased by her corporate law background may find it distressing that in 1990 Miers voted for a 7 percent property tax increase during her short tenure on the Dallas City Council. And Miers's long affiliation with the ABA will serve up lots of interesting tidbits that are unlikely to please social and legal conservatives. For instance, she apparently submitted the following report to the ABA's House of Delegates. Here are two of the report's recommendations:
Supports the enactment of laws and public policy which provide that sexual orientation shall not be a bar to adoption when the adoption is determined to be in the best interest of the child. ...
Recommends the development and establishment of an International Criminal Court.
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Over to you, Pat Roberts and John Bolton.
--Ryan Lizza
Neither do I, as stated in post 1. However, it is worth finding out the answer.
Agree there. It's going to be an interesting few weeks here.
IMHO, I think we need fewer "quick thoughts" and more patient evaluation.
"POTENTIAL AGENDA ITEMS FOR 1999 of the American Bar Association"
You are correct that it is just a list of potential agenda items. It was most likely added as an agenda item by the ABA bar members working on International Law so they could get more chargable hours. Who knows? But an agenda item that was pushed by an unknown source(s) can not be tied to Meirs recommending an ICC.
Sure, her viewpoint on and ICC would be a great area to discuss during her confirmation hearing.
Mama mia!
The blog you are linking to, only shows an agenda of topics that were to be discussed by the committee Miers chaired.
She wasn't supporting those views.
Dear Mr. BassAckwards: You posted it, then followed up by saying we need to find out if it's true.
(It isn't true.)
Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot that at FR we are not allowed to post and discuss issues that are firing around the internet until we know 100% certain what the answer is.
Thanks for enlightening me.
Why would you make such a statement? You have no way of knowing this to be true or not. There's too much negative assuming going on, IMO.
Simply because she is not known in legal circles as one. There are very well-known legal heavyweights in the conservative movement like Lutting, McConell (not the Senator, the other one). She is simply not known as one of them.
Of course it doesn't prove anything. But why not go for the sure thing?
That was my point. There is NEVER A SURE THING. In the end, you have to hope the nominee has been vetted well and that the President is confident in the fact that he truly knows that she will uphold and apply the Constitution. Like I said, it all boils down to trust in all nominations.
No problem, RK. I like you too much to watch you making an arse of yourself by running around shouting fire without seeing the flames.
No charge for the enlightenment.
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