O'Connor - bad
Kennedy - bad
Souter - horrible
Thomas - Great
Roberts - Probably good, but still unknown
Therefore, we should trust that Miers will be good.
Is that the logic?
"Is that the logic?"
No, I think the logic is let's see what comes out on Meirs over the next 6 weeks and see how the confirmation hearings go before judging if a nominee is horrible or great. Most people seem to be jumping to conclusions with little or no facts. Does someone with no experience on the bench mean he/she will be a bad judge? Not necessarily. Does someone without a J.D. from Havard a crappy judge? Probably not. Does someone who gave $1000 to Gore a closet Dem? Mmmmm, ok, that one is a little tougher.
Rehnquist was actually an unknown in his day...no judicial experience. Assistant to John Mitchell. A law clerk before that.
I'm not sure I put Kennedy in the bad catagory. He's more "neutral" He seems to blow in the wind with no real principled, consistent approach to constitutional interpretation.
except for her stance on two issues, college enrollment and when abortion is legal - what did OConner rule that you think she is bad? She has been very conservative and often is the 5 on the conservative side of issues like the 10 commandments in Texas and Kelo...to name two cases this past year.