Jay Sekulow on High Court Nominee Harriet Miers

Christian Broadcasting Network ^ | October 4, 2005

[new yorker 77]

Jay Sekulow has spent the better part of his life working to overturn cases like Roe v. Wade.

Do his comments help?

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"Well, you know, they don’t know her, and that's part of the problem."

That's the ENTIRE problem.

The Miers nomination was a complete surprise to the conservative chattering classes, and the chattering classes, liberal or conservative, don't LIKE it when they're shown to be arrogant, know-nothing blowhards.

[MarcusTulliusCicero]

This is a big opportunity for those of us who share an evangelical faith in Christianity to see someone with our positions put on a court. She was a very active member of an evangelical church in Dallas…I think she's going to be a good pick.

If this woman will decide cases based on her personal opinion or her personal faith, then she doesn't belong on the Court. Her criteria must be the Constitution. If that agrees with her faith, fine and dandy. If not, it's just judicial activism, which is unacceptable whether coming from the Right or from the Left.

[Oliver Optic]

I just can't figure out Jay Sekulow and Harry Reid being excited about the same nominee.

I'm perplexed by it ... somebody is seriously wrong.

[Rokke]

"The Miers nomination was a complete surprise to the conservative chattering classes, and the chattering classes, liberal or conservative, don't LIKE it when they're shown to be arrogant, know-nothing blowhards."

Absolutely. You have nailed it.

[Tailgunner Joe]

Specter!?

Sekulow had better be right or he's going to look like a fool.

[ladyinred]

I don't need help, as I am fine with her, but I am glad to see that Jay is in such favor of her. It is also great to see she is a Christian woman, which is perhaps part of the reason there is such a big fuss.

[Rokke]

For what it's worth, Robertson is on board as well.

[sangoo]

I think Jay Sekulow would be happy with anyone that Bush put forth. Kind of puts him on the "team" to always have pleasant things to say about the President.

[k2blader]

How is it "arrogant" to say one doesn't know much about this nominee?

Your comments, on the other hand..

[MNJohnnie]

Should but I suspect a lot of the angst about Meirs comes from Moveon.org "consveratives" who will be mad no matter who Bush picked. They are mad it's a Bush that is doing the picking and wills stay mad no matter what.

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"How is it "arrogant" to say one doesn't know much about this nominee?"

Followed immediately by trashing the nominee for unknown sins, it's pretty damn arrogant. But my comment was aimed at those members of the chattering class that like to pretend that they REALLY have an inside scoop on the comings and goings of the Bush Administration.

"Your comments, on the other hand.."

I've read her statement on the 2nd Amendment. The last nominee to say anything positive on the 2nd Amendment and the individual right to keep and bear arms was Louis Brandeis...who also had zero judicial experience when he was nominated to the Supreme Court.

[rbmillerjr]

I feel much better now.

Obviously the President has looked into her eyes and seen her soul.

[MNJohnnie]

Christian woman, which is perhaps part of the reason there is such a big fuss.

I suspect you are right. Lots of the "Establishment Conservatives" have the same problem with President Bush for the same reason. Never have understood why that ticks them off. I always though the 1st Amendment meant it did not matter WHAT the person's religious views were. That is appearing to be naive on my part these days. Apparently having certain religious views is now taboo in political America.

[MNJohnnie]

Christian woman, which is perhaps part of the reason there is such a big fuss.

I suspect you are right. Lots of the "Establishment Conservatives" have the same problem with President Bush for the same reason. Never have understood why that ticks them off. I always though the 1st Amendment meant it did not matter WHAT the person's religious views were. That is appearing to be naive on my part these days. Apparently having certain religious views is now taboo in political America.

[america-rules]

Harry Reid is excited because he doesn't have to put up a big fight a year before the mid term elections that would fire up the GOP !

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

I will be absolutely shocked and awed if Roe/Wade is overturned under President Bush's Supreme Court, or any gay rights.

[HateBill]

She is, number one, been on – twice - a very prestigious list put together by the National Law Journal, one of our biggest publications. That is the 100 most influential lawyers in America -- and that's a significant list. You don't get to be on that list unless you do understand the inner workings of the law and how it develops, and what a judicial philosophy is supposed to be. So she has been on that list.

I don't know how "prestigious" this list could be as Hillary Clinton was on it when she was in that corrupt enterprise known as The Rose Law Firm.

That said, I have the same sense I had when I found out that President Bush selected Dick Cheney as his running mate. My initial thought was that he was too old, too much of a has-been, would be unable to attract a single voter, and a total disappointment. I WAS TOTALLY WRONG!!!!!

I think history has repeated itself with the Meirs selection.

[Coldwater Creek]

Well it ain't Jay!!!!!!!

[HKMk23]

[dripping with sarcasm...]

Hmm. Let's play "Who's Da Liar"

On the Left: Harry Reid
On the Right: Jay Sekulow

Hmm. Who COULD it possibly be??

Wanna use a LifeLine, here??

Yeesh.