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Harriet Miers a replacement for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor? (DRUDGE HEADLINE)
The Drudge Report ^ | 9-28-2005 | Drudge

Posted on 09/28/2005 5:49:04 PM PDT by KStorm

Just a headline, presently.


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To: GeneralStorm
She looks familiar...


181 posted on 09/29/2005 7:40:53 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (North Texas Solutions http://ntxsolutions.com)
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To: CatoRenasci

SMU was probably a better law school back in the day, as when they had Eric Dickerson. We dont need any more inside players on Scotus however. Insiders on the court is why we have go along to get along justices who wont roll back the Warren legacy


182 posted on 09/29/2005 7:41:33 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: deficit hawk

interesting. I will remember your prediction here - first I heard this name I think - (Carol Lam). I am afraid your are right about immigration. It seems like lip service during elections now, as is fiscal responsibility.


183 posted on 09/29/2005 7:42:21 AM PDT by commonguymd (My impatience is far more advanced than any known technology.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

"I'm getting tired of Texans being put, seeming, in every federal post."
USDA Sec. Mike Johanns - Iowa
Johanns grew up in Iowa Govenor of Nebraska


184 posted on 09/29/2005 7:43:52 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: jdm

ARGH! I'm Blind!


185 posted on 09/29/2005 7:44:44 AM PDT by rattrap
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To: GeneralStorm

This would be yet another betrayal by Bush, absent some miracle whereby this woman has kept her actual views secret for decades. No genuine conservative in the mold of Scalia or Thomas is going to get elected president of the State Bar Association. In all likelihood, we have another judge-politician on our hands, who wants to please people by eschewing principles that bite.


186 posted on 09/29/2005 7:47:44 AM PDT by Iconoclast2 (Two wings of the same bird of prey . . .)
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To: rog4vmi
she has only been given a "qualified" rating by the ABA

Why? And really, how credible is the ABA? They should be extremely credible, but I seem to remember that Pres. Bush said while he would listen to their input, it would not necessarily be the only input relied on.

187 posted on 09/29/2005 7:49:41 AM PDT by twigs
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To: twigs

You got it...Janice Rogers Brown, Tell your friends, e-mail the White House...

JRB will add some fun to the Senate process! We'll get to call Teddy Kennedy a racist every day! (among other things)


188 posted on 09/29/2005 7:50:56 AM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Free Speech is a Right. Being Wrong is Just...Wrong.)
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To: Iconoclast2

WAY BACK in the day, ABA actually used to be conservative, anticommunist, but not since the 60's, can you believe it?


189 posted on 09/29/2005 7:55:07 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: Chuck54

It also creates threads on FR.


190 posted on 09/29/2005 7:56:03 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (All democrats are ENEMIES of the Republic!)
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To: Iconoclast2

"No genuine conservative in the mold of Scalia or Thomas is going to get elected president of the State Bar Association"

all our Bar Association leaders do is whine for more money for legal aid, public defenders and judges; unlikely true conservatives could stomach doing that


191 posted on 09/29/2005 7:57:38 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: deficit hawk
I'm not sure what the CW is, but I'll happily agree it's wrong....

Both of the individuals you mentioned do have the kind of credentials, and are conservatives, that we need. The credentials are necessary both for the quality of the court over time and for getting them confirmed. The conservativism is just damn necessary for the country.

BTW, I share your concerns over the border.

192 posted on 09/29/2005 8:01:16 AM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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To: stan_sipple
SMU was probably a better law school back in the day, as when they had Eric Dickerson.

You may be right, I don't know. When I applied to law school some 29 years ago it was not on my radar screen as a national law school, which means it was not generally considered to be tier one or upper tier two.

We dont need any more inside players on Scotus however. Insiders on the court is why we have go along to get along justices who wont roll back the Warren legacy.

I understand the concern. I want a strong conservative nominee, just one with top academic and professional credentials. I don't think it helps our cause to nominate someone whose primary claim to fame is close connection to the President and who has not demonstrated the kind of legal mind necessary to be a good judge.

193 posted on 09/29/2005 8:06:36 AM PDT by CatoRenasci (Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
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To: newzjunkey
Regretfully, because she'd be my No. 1 choice, I don't think there is any way in this or any known solar system that Bush is going to nominate Janice Brown. And I don't think the White House is playing with people's minds or deke-ing the media by tossing out false leads. First, that gives them way too much credit than they deserve based on their performance, and second, this game ... and if it sounds flippant to call this lifetime appointment a game, I'm sorry, but that's the problem, things like this are games to both parties in Washington these days ... is not played like that.

I think in his heart of hearts, Bush wants to nominate Gonzales, social conservatives be damned, because of Gonzales' personal loyalty to him primarily and secondarily because he wants a Hispanic on the USSC. I do not think he wants to engage that battle, because Gonazales is in a unique position in our republic's history in that he is despised by the left (I can hear it now, "TORTURER!") and the right (he's no social conservative in any shape, form or fashion).

I think Bush may be seriously considering Miers, again because this president puts a premium on personal loyalty.

But my prediction, based on the fact that he almost has to pick a woman to fill this vacancy, and the fact that he's in heat to put a Hispanic on the USSC ... Google the name Consuelo Callahan and see what you come up with.

194 posted on 09/29/2005 8:09:44 AM PDT by GB
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To: stan_sipple

Right...overlooked that. Thanks for the correction.


195 posted on 09/29/2005 8:30:23 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: twigs

Just take a look at this list for a moment. http://www.abanet.org/scfedjud/ratings108.pdf

and the following letter from the ABA to Sen. Specter.
http://www.abanet.org/scfedjud/ratings108.pdf

The letter gives a good explanation of the peer review process.

More than a few conservatives....including Miguel Estrada and Priscilla Owen received a "well qualified" rating.

And, the ABA is quite credible. Political views are not considered by these ratings.


196 posted on 09/29/2005 8:43:53 AM PDT by rog4vmi
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To: Republican Wildcat

a technicality for sure, but better a husker than a hawkeye


197 posted on 09/29/2005 8:47:12 AM PDT by stan_sipple
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To: GeneralStorm

Yeah yeah, and the last time, Judge Edith Clements was supposed to be Bush's choice for the SCOTUS. Drudge likes to scoop everyone. He hits a lot of shots. Oftentimes, he misses. I wouldn't be surprise if this one goes the way of the the Clements report.


198 posted on 09/29/2005 8:50:28 AM PDT by SirLinksalot
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To: GeneralStorm
Kinda like Cheney heading the VP selection effort and choosing himself as the best qualified??

Makes sense, though -- Bush probably knows a lot about how she thinks, but similar to Roberts, very little for the Dems to attack.

199 posted on 09/29/2005 9:19:00 AM PDT by cogitator
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To: SirLinksalot
Drudge likes to scoop everyone. He hits a lot of shots. Oftentimes, he misses.

Drudge's problem is that his main source for "scoops" is the New York Times. Sure enough, the Slimes today has a story where they name Miers as a front runner for the nomination. When it comes to reporting on happening within the Bush Administration, Drudge would do better to rely on an Ouija board. No one in the administration gives the Times any real information, so all they can print is innuendo and misinformation.

200 posted on 09/29/2005 9:25:45 AM PDT by CFC__VRWC ("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
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