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Miers is the wrong pick (George Will)
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| October 4, 2005
| George Will
Posted on 10/04/2005 7:33:33 PM PDT by jdm
Edited on 10/04/2005 7:41:50 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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To: sinkspur
To: msnimje
102
posted on
10/04/2005 8:08:29 PM PDT
by
Black Tooth
(The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
To: Texas Federalist
"He was joking"
Are you sure? It wasn't very different from other things said here quite seriously.
103
posted on
10/04/2005 8:08:51 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(Conservatism is a positive doctrine. Reactionaryism is a negative doctrine.)
To: sinkspur
Just curious, what will it take for you to criticize the President? Does he have to go so far as to physically attack you or a family member, or is this a complete "unconditional love" sort of thing?
104
posted on
10/04/2005 8:09:06 PM PDT
by
Texas Federalist
(Republican senators please Bork Harriet Myers!!!!)
To: Don'tMessWithTexas
Check it out yourself. Thomas' Circuit Court career was as dull as bondo.
105
posted on
10/04/2005 8:09:20 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
(Breed every trace of the American Staffordshire Terrier out of existence!)
To: Black Tooth
lesson learned: you have to remember to declare sarcasm in your original post, otherwise you'll be explaining it until the thread dies.
To: gondramB
Me neither. Sounds like something from DU.
107
posted on
10/04/2005 8:09:24 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
To: SandyInSeattle
"Wait and see" is a bad strategy for lifetime appointments.
108
posted on
10/04/2005 8:09:31 PM PDT
by
Drago
To: sinkspur
That applies to Clarence Thomas, to William Rehnquist, and to many other justices from the past. We can at least say that both Rehnquist and Thomas were both more qualified - and had been in positions, moreover, which forced them to begin exploring and developing coherent views on constitutional law - than Miers. Miers' experience is almost entirely in commercial law.
Even Thomas - who plainly was an affirmative action pick by Bush - had spent a year on the federal bench.
Will lays it on thick with this "leading light" rhetoric. But the fact remains that Miers is the least qualified nominee since Abe Fortas. And like Fortas, her chief qualification seems to be that she was a close friend of the president.
Maybe she'll somehow turn out to be a great justice. The problem is that we're being asked to take that almost entirely on faith. Many more qualified originalist jurists and scholars were passed over. Disappontment is not unreasonable.
Chances to appoint Supreme Court nominees don't happen every day. Espeially not for "swing" seats.
To: JOE6PAK
110
posted on
10/04/2005 8:09:45 PM PDT
by
Black Tooth
(The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
To: Revolting cat!
The woman (we think) owns a gun and is (we hope) against abortion. That alone qualifies her as a Constitutional scholar. Call up those Hurray For Everything Singers pronto! The Constitution and all its amendments amount to a whole heck of a lot more than these two positions.
111
posted on
10/04/2005 8:10:37 PM PDT
by
msnimje
(Hurricane KATRINA - An Example of Nature's Enforcement of Eminent Domain)
To: Texas Federalist
Just curious, what will it take for you to criticize the President? Does he have to go so far as to physically attack you or a family member, or is this a complete "unconditional love" sort of thing? I support Bush to piss you off. Looks like it's working.
112
posted on
10/04/2005 8:11:15 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
(Breed every trace of the American Staffordshire Terrier out of existence!)
To: olde north church
Conservatives have their elites as well.
113
posted on
10/04/2005 8:12:00 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
To: Black Tooth
What is it, you're having a multiple sarcasm this evening?!
114
posted on
10/04/2005 8:12:01 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: flashbunny
you have to remember to declare sarcasm in your original post, otherwise you'll be explaining it until the thread dies.It's good for a laugh. But your probably correct.
Hard to believe such sarcasm can be considered legitimate. On second thought, maybe not.
115
posted on
10/04/2005 8:12:35 PM PDT
by
Black Tooth
(The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
To: sinkspur
BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN AND NONE OF THEM WILL SAY THAT. Sorry for screaming.
To: sinkspur
I'm almost glad that the "penumbra" of conservative elites are showing me what stuck up snots they are so I can realize these guys do not really have any tolerance for me, much less an extremely accomplished attorney like Miers.
George Will wouldn't know a brilliant attorney or judge if they sat on his big fat head. But then we can't all be brilliant baseball writers, and act affected all the time, and look laughably smarmy in bow ties.
To: Betaille
"Bush picked her and I trust him" is an argument, really scares me. President Bush says Miers is an originalist, Miers says she's an originalist. Do you think one or both of them is lying?
118
posted on
10/04/2005 8:13:54 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
To: The Iguana
But the fact remains that Miers is the least qualified nominee since Abe Fortas.What are the "qualifications" for the SC for originalists? Is it something beyond what the Constitution states?
If so, how come? I thought we are not supposed to extrapolate from the original meaning of the Constitution.
If John Marshall's non juridical background was sufficient for qualification, then that's good enough for Harriett Miers.
119
posted on
10/04/2005 8:14:16 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
(Breed every trace of the American Staffordshire Terrier out of existence!)
To: Mulch
Spoken like a true elitist!
120
posted on
10/04/2005 8:14:38 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
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