Posted on 10/06/2005 5:17:35 PM PDT by freedomdefender
Harriet Miers is unfazed by the criticism and questioning of her qualifications as she seeks to become the next Supreme Court justice, a longtime friend said Thursday.
"She's excited. She's working hard at it. The criticism, I think, is rolling off her back as it usually does," said Justice Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court.
Hecht, who has known Miers for 30 years, said he has visited her several times since she was nominated by President Bush on Monday.
A new poll indicates people are uncertain about Miers. In an AP-Ipsos poll taken this week, two thirds of those surveyed didn't know enough about Miers to have an opinion of her. Just 41 percent said the Senate should confirm her, lower than similar ratings for Roberts after his nomination; 27 percent said she should not be confirmed and 32 percent weren't sure.
The White House said that former Indiana Republican Sen. Dan Coats, who has most recently served as ambassador to Germany, will serve as Miers' escort through the confirmation process, much as former Sen. Fred Thompson did for Chief Justice John Roberts.
"Senator Coats will be working closely with the nominee and serving as a public advocate for her," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said. "He will help advise her throughout the process. Senator Coats' role will be to attend meetings with senators on Harriet's courtesy visits."
The choice of Miers, a veteran lawyer and White House aide who has never been a judge _ and therefore has no record of judicial decisions _ has worried some Republican senators, anti-abortion activists and others who question the depth of her conservative views. Democrats, meanwhile, worry that she will prove too conservative.
"I don't have any doubt that she'll be conservative," Hecht said in an interview on NBC"s "Today" show. "Whether she'll move the court to the right I don't know."
Hecht said he was confident that Miers is "pro-life" but can't predict whether she would vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
Miers' commitment to her evangelical church in Dallas "shapes the kind of person that she is," Hecht said. "It doesn't shape her view on cases. In fact, almost the opposite."
"Someone who is very committed to their faith is also going to be committed to the oath that they take as a judge, and is going to judge cases fairly and is not going to let personal or religious views or any other kind of views influence the decisions in actual cases," he told CBS' "The Early Show."
She has neither the conservative nor judicial bona fides. She's probably a very nice person, but that's not the issue.
And you have to admit she totally botched the vetting process this time around. Look at the mess. Actually, I really am starting to think both parties are in this together. I think we're the suckers.
Oh. But the lunatic Ruth Bader Ginsburg has the judicial bonafides.
"She has neither the conservative nor judicial bona fides. She's probably a very nice person, but that's not the issue."
Remember, the Constitution does not require a Justice be a Judge or even an attorney. Please judge the woman by the 'content of her character'.
You may now resume your normal bitching < GG>!
You don't know this for certain.
nor judicial bona fides.
You don't have to even be a lawyer to serve on the Supreme Court. Do you think the Founding Fathers were stupid?
I think they had the right idea. Farmers were the builders and architects of our country. Lawyers run it now. How far away from the Constitution have we gotten?
Yeah she only has vetted Bush's stellar judicial picks.
Your personal animus sour grapes routine is getting old.
What are the odds of her stepping down on her own by this time next week? 50-50?
She's Bush's pick. She's a Texan. She's an underdog.
I love strong, dig-in-their-heels-and-bite-back Texas women, and I love championing the underdog.
Poking a stick at her won't amount to more than a flea bite.
"I don't have any doubt that she'll be conservative," Hecht said in an interview on NBC"s "Today" show. "Whether she'll move the court to the right I don't know."
Miers' commitment to her evangelical church in Dallas "shapes the kind of person that she is," Hecht said. "It doesn't shape her view on cases. In fact, almost the opposite."
"Someone who is very committed to their faith is also going to be committed to the oath that they take as a judge, and is going to judge cases fairly and is not going to let personal or religious views or any other kind of views influence the decisions in actual cases,"
Well, there you have it. An evangelical Christian moderate who'll let them do whatever they want.
Once again, Jimmah has told his base - F**k you very much.
Worth repeating!
A person that never makes mistakes should not be fazed by criticism from ordinary masses.
LOL...
More like 0, nada, empty set.
I like her not being a judge. In 1930, at the peak of his power, Al Capone had most judges "on the take" (receiving graft).
Did I read somewhere that something like 30% of all SC Justices have not been judges?
The President does not agree with you. He wins.
Miers will never step down. She's working hard for confirmation.
Bet one of them is not Laurence Tribe's Constitutional Law. Well over a thousand pages of liberal extrapolation. Must weigh twenty pounds.
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