He deserves to be, for making statements like this:
It is not important that she be confirmed because there is no evidence that she is among the leading lights of American jurisprudence,
That applies to Clarence Thomas, to William Rehnquist, and to many other justices from the past.
How come it is a requirement to be a "leading light of jurisprudence" to be on the Supreme Court?
well, when you have 56 votes in the senate and control of the presidency, why settle for less?
Reverse the situation: If the dems had 55 senators, plus the VP, and of course the presidency, would they nominate a stealth candidate and say "trust us", or would they nominate the most liberal candidate they could find?
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.
BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN AND NONE OF THEM WILL SAY THAT. Sorry for screaming.
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.
I'd like to see George Wills' towering intellect analyze George Stephanopolis' qualifications to host a TV talk show. While he's at it, Wills could also throw in his justification for continuing to show up Sunday mornings on it.