I'm not interested in a fight, I'm interested in *winning*.
A judicial non-entity, that is in no way, shape or form a proven conservative jurist is NOT WINNING. It's failing to even show up and fight ...
Nonsense. Here's the legal bio for Rehnquist:
Rehnquist received a B.A., M.A., and LL.B. from Stanford University and an M.A. from Harvard University. He served as a law clerk for Justice Robert H. Jackson of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1951 and 1952 terms, and practiced law in Phoenix, Arizona from 1953–1969. He served as Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel from 1969–1971.
No judicial experience here other than being a law clerk. No paper trail of his own -- just papers he claimed were opinions of Jackson. No more was known about him than Miers. He just worked in the Nixon White House for two years.
Would you say Nixon goofed with that nomination?