By the way, folks, take a moment and review the US Constitution -- specifically Article 3 -- and observe that Harriet Miers in no category fails any of the requirements imposed by the Constitution on individuals who might serve as USSC Justice.
She is thus Constitutionally qualified for the position.
The above post makes you sound like a complete numbnut. You are simultaneously insulting Freepers, the President, WH advisors, a generation of Conservative judicial academics lawyers and jurists, and Harriet Miers. All in one fell swoop.
Go compose a letter to the editor to your favorite local newspaper saying how even if Harriet Miers was just a legal secretary at the White House, her born again faith alone and her relationship with the President would alone qualify her for the Supreme Court according to Article III of the Constitution.
If it gets published, scan it and post it here for all to see.
It was more a joke than anything, guy.
The reason it is a joke is that oddly, unlike for other offices in government, the Constitution says nothing whatsoever that I can find to constrain who can serve as a Justice. It's a little be astounding, but it looks to be true.
As best I can tell, Tony Blair could be nominated and would be legally qualified, as it were. The nominee need not even be a citizen.