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Miers Said to Be Unfazed by Criticism
AP ^ | October 6, 2005 | AP

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."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: harrietmiers; miers; passthekoolaid; scotus; supremecourt
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To: CedarDave

Never happen.


21 posted on 10/06/2005 5:40:14 PM PDT by Chicha Kazembe
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To: Dane

It's a joke. Sheesh.


22 posted on 10/06/2005 5:40:45 PM PDT by Huck ("Sometimes you're better off not knowing how much you've been had." --Bob Dylan)
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To: d2e
Who is Jimmah? Carter?
23 posted on 10/06/2005 5:41:44 PM PDT by Chicha Kazembe
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To: Dane

Calm down Dane. What, no sense of humor?


24 posted on 10/06/2005 5:41:48 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: freedomdefender
The more I hear about the lady the more I like her. I want to see how she handles herself at the hearings before I pass judgment.
25 posted on 10/06/2005 5:42:49 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: Racehorse
Bet one of them is not Laurence Tribe's Constitutional Law. Well over a thousand pages of liberal extrapolation. Must weigh twenty pounds.

She can use it as a foot rest while she's trying to remember if there are 6 articles or if there are 7.

26 posted on 10/06/2005 5:46:15 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: DJ MacWoW; hobson; Mia T; Gipper08
Farmers were the builders and architects of our country. Lawyers run it now. How far away from the Constitution have we gotten?

Worth repeating!...again!

27 posted on 10/06/2005 5:46:38 PM PDT by jla (I support "Aunt Harriet")
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To: Huck
I for one wish that you would give it a rest until the hearings. I am afraid that you are going to have a hear attack or stroke.
28 posted on 10/06/2005 5:47:12 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: Huck

Correction heart attack.


29 posted on 10/06/2005 5:47:59 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: mariabush

Check out my new tagline and wish me luck.


30 posted on 10/06/2005 5:49:34 PM PDT by Huck ("I'm calling a moratorium on Miers/Bush/GOP bashing--but it won't be easy (thanks tex))
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To: CedarDave

A BIG FAY ZERO!!!!!!!!!!1


31 posted on 10/06/2005 5:49:45 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: jla

Farmers were the builders and architects of our country. Lawyers run it now. How far away from the Constitution have we gotten?
Worth repeating!...again!
bump


32 posted on 10/06/2005 5:52:28 PM PDT by Gipper08 (Mike Pence in 2008)
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To: Huck

I am relieved!!!!!! Good night


33 posted on 10/06/2005 5:53:41 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: freedomdefender
Give her a fair up or down vote bump.
34 posted on 10/06/2005 5:54:06 PM PDT by Earthdweller (I'm a conservative and you don't speak for me......give Miers a fair up or down vote.)
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To: mariabush

Thanks. You're nice.


35 posted on 10/06/2005 5:54:37 PM PDT by Huck ("I'm calling a moratorium on Miers/Bush/GOP bashing--but it won't be easy (thanks tex))
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To: mariabush
I am afraid that you are going to have a hear attack or stroke.

LOL.

36 posted on 10/06/2005 6:32:00 PM PDT by alnick
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To: freedomdefender
"Miers Said to Be Unfazed by Criticism"

Now, why should that not surprise us?

People of strong character and purpose seldom are "fazed" by the darts and arrows of others.

There are many wise, knowledgeable citizens out here in the heartland who know that it neither takes an Ivy League graduate nor a judge to be devoted to the Founders' Constitution. As a matter of fact, some of the most knowledgeable constitutional scholars are those who have read extensively the writings of the Founders and that great body of literature from which they gleaned their ideas.

Some of the least knowledgeable are those who have all the right "credentials," including degrees from liberal journalism and law schools, and have not a clue about the ideas essential to the protection of liberty as incorporated into the Constitution of the United States.

If she is of good character, with a good mind, loves the law, loves liberty, and is dedicated to the proposition that judges should interpret the constitution and not make law, then she will cause her critics to be silenced by her actions.

37 posted on 10/06/2005 6:40:29 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: digger48
Did I read somewhere that something like 30% of all SC Justices have not been judges?

True? If so, interesting!

38 posted on 10/06/2005 6:41:09 PM PDT by Justice
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To: CedarDave
What are the odds of her stepping down on her own by this time next week? 50-50?

Zip, zero, nada.

39 posted on 10/06/2005 6:44:26 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: Chicha Kazembe
The President does not agree with you. He wins.

Brilliant. And we all may lose.

40 posted on 10/06/2005 7:11:39 PM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they have to.)
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