[Hugin]

The Constitution is a simple, straightforward document. You don't need years of training in constitutional law to get it right. You only it to get it wrong.

Besides, his analogy is terrible. The better analogy would be that she has been acting in TV and movies for the last 30 years, and now is moving to the Royal Shakespeare Company. After all, she has been a highly succesful lawyer (including White House council), not some unrealated career like a columist.

[Owen]

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.

[Sam the Sham]

The Constitution is a simple, straightforward document. You don't need years of training in constitutional law to get it right. You only it to get it wrong.

Have you ever actually read a Supreme Court decision ? Simple and straightforward they often are not. They refer continually to legal precedent (Precedent. That's a very important concept in judicial decisions. That means you have to have spent years of training learning judicial decisions.).

[FreeReign]

The Constitution is a simple, straightforward document. You don't need years of training in constitutional law to get it right. You only it to get it wrong.

Yes.

The law is complicated -- the Constitution is simple.

Myers has been a lawyer for 33 years. That would suggest that the law is not a complication for her. I would hope to hear more from her about the simple principles of Constitution. That will occur during the hearings.