[RWR8189]

This column is so yesterday...

[flashbunny]

"It is not important that she be confirmed because there is no evidence that she is among the leading lights of American jurisprudence, or that she possesses talents commensurate with the Supreme Court's tasks. The president's ``argument'' for her amounts to: Trust me."

I predict george will will be attacked on this thread like never before.

[gondramB]

" In addition, the president has forfeited his right to be trusted as a custodian of the Constitution."

Wow. I wouldn't have believed this was George Will.

[KoRn]

"In addition, the president has forfeited his right to be trusted as a custodian of the Constitution. The forfeiture occurred March 27, 2002, when, in a private act betokening an uneasy conscience, he signed the McCain-Feingold law expanding government regulation of the timing, quantity and content of political speech. The day before the 2000 Iowa caucuses he was asked -- to insure a considered response from him, he had been told in advance he would be asked -- whether McCain-Feingold's core purposes are unconstitutional. He unhesitatingly said, ``I agree.'' Asked if he thought presidents have a duty, pursuant to their oath to defend the Constitution, to make an independent judgment about the constitutionality of bills and to veto those he thinks unconstitutional, he briskly said, ``I do.''

QFE!!

[Black Tooth]

Oh boy, here we go. Another conservative joins the ranks of the leftist. Will there be any conservatives left by 08?

[olde north church]

Why does it seem Evangelical/Religious Right groups are supporting Miers and "Intellectual" Conservatives are not?

[Mulch]

We're lucky that Bush's kindergarten teacher has passed on or he might have nominated her. She is dead isn't she?

[Obadiah]

Oh, George Will is country club Republican weenie.

[BackInBlack]

"If 100 such people had been asked to list 100 individuals who have given evidence of the reflectiveness and excellence requisite in a justice, Miers' name probably would not have appeared in any of the 10,000 places on those lists."

Not so: she was on Harry Reid's list!

[SE Mom]

"In addition, the president has forfeited his right to be trusted as a custodian of the Constitution.


Mr. Will, if you truly and deeply believe this statement, I expect you to call for impeachment.

In fact- if you do believe this- you are obligated to do so.

If not- this is an outrageous statement.

[Newtoidaho]

Yes, you see that Constitution's soooo complicated, that sweet little old lady from Texas couldn't possibly be expected to understand it!
George Will, an elitist's elitist. It's guys like him that see all the penumbra's and emanations in there somewhere.

[Barnacle]

“I’d like to introduce myself...
My Name is George W. Bush’s Legacy.”

[ikka]

Hate to say it, but maybe we need some "dumb" types on SCOTUS.

The "brilliant" ones are so impressed with their blinding intellect that they believe that international law should be listened to, that the 2nd Amendment doesn't mean what it says, that there are "penumbras" and "auras" and what not...at least someone dumb would not try to pretend that Kelo (eminent domain) or Warwick v Filburn represent genius level reasoning of the court.

[Williams]

I hope most of you can discerna load of elitist horse dung when you see it. Bush dared nominate someone Will doesn't think is "good enough". So this article twists and turns 99 ways to beg the republican senate to dump the president's nominee. this article is horse manure and it's not the first time by Will.

[sourcery]

I agree with Mr. Will--although I still reserve judgement on Mrs. Miers. The Court has so badly mismanaged its primary responsibility of interpreting the Constitution that our government has been an effective tyrrany for decades now (a tyrranical government can in fact be benelovent most of the time, as ours has been up to now, but it is nevertheless a de facto tyrrany as defined by the Founders--reading the Declaration of Independence with the current US government in mind is a good way to prove this to yourself.)

Given the dire state of affairs with respect to the mountain of wrongful precedents that have accumulated over the years, there is no more pressing issue before us than the reversal of these abominal precedents and the restoration of the Republic. For that reason, George Will is absolutely correct: the only question that matters is whether the confirmation of Miers as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court will make any signficant forward progress towards restoring the United States as a Contitutional Repuplic under the rule of law.

[2grit]

I must say she will make a better Supreme Court Justice than she would a Homecoming Queen.

[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!

[Clintonfatigued]

I never did like George Will.

[Theophilus]

The wisdom of presumptive opposition to Miers' confirmation flows from the fact that constitutional reasoning is a talent -- a skill acquired, as intellectual skills are, by years of practice sustained by intense interest.

Eh, George has lost me again. This quote smacks of elitism. I don't think that plain interpretation of the Constituition (a very succinct document) requires special talent, just a little humility and honesty. On the other hand, creative, "living", "prenumbrial" interpretaions and findings are indeed special talents one only finds among the judicial priests and magicians.

I don't really trust the President, I don't think he needs to be so coy. But I'm withholding judgement on this nominee until I detect a lack of humility and honesty or a wiff of that special talent. We probably won't know until we see her opinions. If Roe vs. Wade is not overturned by '08 I think things will go very wrong for our GOP and very probably America. We and the President can live out the rest of our lives knowing it was all our fault.

[Revolting cat!]

"Catfight!"