Posted on 10/03/2005 6:12:25 PM PDT by wagglebee
WASHINGTON – Harriet Miers, President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, is on record as supporting the establishment of the International Criminal Court, homosexual adoptions, a major local tax increase and women in combat, WorldNetDaily has learned.
While some conservative leaders and organizations were stunned by the appointment, most were not alarmed by the lack of a paper trail by the nominee who has never served as a judge at any level.
But a profile of her positions as a leader of the American Bar Association, a Dallas city councilwoman and as presidential counselor is unlikely to ease the concerns of those who were expecting Bush to fulfill his promise to name a justice in the mold of Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia.
According to Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, Miers has taken positions as White House counsel that violate the law banning women in combat.
"As While House counsel, Ms. Miers either approved of the Department of Defense's illegal assignments of women in units required to be all-male, which is still continuing in violation of the law requiring notice to Congress in advance, or she was oblivious to the legal consequences of those assignments," she said.
Donnelly believes the actions of Miers could lead directly to a future court ruling requiring women to register with the Selective Service for the draft because they are now being, against the wishes of Congress, assigned to land combat.
"I am very disappointed by the president's choice," she said. "Ms. Miers does not have a judicial 'paper trail,' but her record as White House counsel is a legitimate cause for concern. Democrats and liberals who were willing to use the military for purposes of social experimentation have reason to be pleased."
Donnelly also concludes that Miers approved the Bush administrations retention of President Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" regulations, which, she says, are different from the 1993 law passed by Congress
Meanwhile, during Miers long affiliation with the American Bar Association, she submitted a 1999 report to the ABA's house of delegates that included recommendations to develop and establish an International Criminal Court and the enactment of laws and public policy providing that the sexual orientation of adults be no bar to adoption of children.
Under the heading Family Law and subheading Adoption, the document states: "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."
Also included, under the heading International Law and Practice, is a recommendation for "the development and establishment of an International Criminal Court."
Along with the proposed agenda was a memo, dated Oct. 28, 1998, that explained the document.
"The Committee urges all Delegates to review this list for items of interest to their constituencies, and to act as the catalyst for further contact and action so that each entity will have the earliest opportunity for consideration and input."
The memo is signed by Miers as chairwoman of the Select Committee of the House.
In addition, 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.
He is dead wrong on the international criminal court recommendation....a reader at ABP debunked that hogwash.
I believe this has already been debunked today. By the way, Joseph Farah is a joke.
Of course some people would still believe this hogwash....
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
They WANT to believe it.
Farah would oppose anyone the President nominated.
I'll take it with a car load of salt
I severely doubt a Bush loyalist and insider to the degree Miers is purported to be would support the ICC.
Bush's administration took the unprecedented step of removing Clinton's signature from the Rome Treaty.
As I said, I am ALWAYS skeptical of anything I read on WhirledNutsDaily, especially since Farah has been opposed to Bush since early in 2000. I hesitated to post this, but I do wonder about the homosexual adoption part.
Can't say that I didn't expect this sort of crap to surface about her, because I did. You don't get so involved with the ABA and state bar by being a true conservative.
well Joe Farah came out against her, so I am moving more towards supporting this....
It has been debunked, but that doesn't stop farah.
I think Bahbah called bogus on this today already!!!
BTW, look for more of this...I don't think they could fit more smears into a few paragraphs if they tried...jeez. LOL
WND was removed from my bookmarks a long time ago. They have been wrong on just about everything.
My husband believes that there should be a law that ONLY women should be allowed in combat.
Didn't Farah say that John Roberts would be another Breyer or Ginsburg?
As I said already, I am well aware of Farah's contempt for Bush and his often deranged views. And I was very hesitant to post this, I have not as of yet seen the homosexual adoption issue debunked though.
Now I remember why I quit reading anything from WND.
Little too......tabloid.... for my taste.
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