I wonder if Ann will now go after Clarence Thomas, the justice she has talked about cloning. Because Thomas was not the most qualified for the position in 1991. And was considered a legal lightweight, who only got the spot because he was filling the "black seat". And shudder he actually worked in 41's administration at the time.
I keep reading how some of you are defending this pick for SCJ based on the fact that "Bush likes her." I don't see anyone putting down her accomplishments or anything else really noteworthy.
So why is this a good pick?
Why stop with Judge Thomas? She also needs to go after the late Chief Justice Rehnquist, whose only judicial experience at the time of his nomination was a one year stint as law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson in 1951-1952. He was then in private practice in Arizona from 1952 until 1969, when he took a job in the Nixon administration as Assistant Attorney General, in the Office of Legal Counsel. He served in that capacity until 1971 when he was confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice. To the best of my knowledge, Judge Rehnquist was an average attorney at a politically connected firm in Phoenix. He never argued a case before the United States Supreme Court as an attorney, and to the best of my knowledge, he didn't brief or argue a lot of appeals of any kind in the State or Federal system. From the best I can tell, Rehnquist's primary qualification to serve on the SCOTUS was his close relationship with Barry Goldwater. The parallels between Rehnquist and Miers ought to be obvious even to Anne Coulter. Rehnquist turned out to be a steady conservative pragmatist, who served us well for nearly 35 years. I expect the same from Miers. Ann Coulter -- stfu.
I was dissapointed in Ann's comments. Fine, you don't agree with the decision, have your say-- but she went too far. I thought I was listening to
Bill Maher for God's sake!
Let's have SOME distiction here between the left and the right.