Other than her age, why is Glendon shaky?
on the age thing, and even if it's a different nominee-wouldn't you rather have say, 10 yrs of a solid, good justice than 20 yrs of a younger souter-like justice. i agree ideally the pick should be younger, but if there aren't any who fit the billi'll take what i can get. also, i don't know that much about her, and the good stuff i saw mostly deals with abortion/family issues-i have no idea about other areas of jurisprudence
Just for starters:
From her web site (via a previous FR post):
Harvard professor ... bad.
Frequent contributor to Chuck Colson's First Things ... good.
Her picture next to a quote from some guy named Lonergan extolling the virtues of centrism ... definitely not good.
Her most recent book is about Eleanor Roosevelt and her proudest achievement: the framing of the U.N.’s declaration of rights ... Yikes!
In 1991, elected President of the UNESCO sponsored International Association of Legal Science
Just a few reasons (besides her age) that she is "shaky."
We would not likely gain any ground with her as the nominee.