She was appointed to the bench by Bush41, so she has some paper trail - the Dims will demonize her over Miranda. But she's from South Carolina and Gang of 14 Lindsay will go to bat for her.
The choice of Judge Williams is both good strategy and good policy.
Apparently there are more abortion/controversial cases in the 5th Circuit than the 4th, making judges from the 4th seem to have less defined positions on the hot button issues.
If Williams is the pick now, Luttig could be on deck for the next vacancy.
i agree. i think all this a lot of spin so no one is ready to attack. with people like Brown, Owen, Luttig, Estrada, Jones, garza, etc... within seconds of the announcement the Dems and the Left will be all over them like glue. You'll be hearing about "Priscilla Owen's America" and the like. They have already opposed them, hey already have all the materials prepared, all the talking points, etc...
By picking someone slightly under the radar it allows the WH to define the pick before the Dems can smear him/her, like they did with Roberts. People saw the announcement. They saw he was young, good looking, humble, charming, good family with a wife and young kids, soft spoken, etc.. The dems had no credibility after that in saying he was some deomn who was going to be a radical on the court. In essence, his confirmation was secure right away. I look for a similar effort to be made this time.