[ContemptofCourt]

An attorney (or a judge) that can't make a decision is worthless. I deal with judges that can't make a decision on a daily basis...and know what they always do?

They take the middle road, which is invariably whatever some other court has held (or, I should say, what I tell them that court has held...LOL)...completely unable to think for themselves.

I guarantee you that Scalia knows how he is going to rule on a case once he reads the issue presented. Miers, OTOH, looks like another swing vote.

[syriacus]

I guarantee you that Scalia knows how he is going to rule on a case once he reads the issue presented.

Yes...Scalia is talented in his own way.

Yet, there is much to recommend in people who don't make snap decisions.

More deliberative decision makers are often much more skilled at convincing others to see things their way.

People who make quick decisions, even if they make the right decisions, can be terrible at explaining things to others .