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I'm afraid we diverge here. Sitting judges of eminent qualifications have been doing well already at the same job and are far better qualified. The Supreme Court is essentially an appeals court, so if you want someone trained for the job, the people to look to are appellate judges. If you want someone outside the system that's fine - but Bush choosing his own lawyer for the job, as well as Miers accepting the nomination when her role was to find a candidate, raises concerns about conflicts of interest and separation of power.

Her judicial philosophy is a complete unknown and her life shows ideological inconsistency. There is so little information out there about her that our primary objective source for knowledge of her belief is the record of campaign donations. The White House line is "trust me" (a completely subjective appeal) and it provides no information even though the timing and the selection were chosen there.

There are a raft of issues and previous nominees with which "trust me" got us screwed. Given the importance of the post, that's not good enough.