I still maintain this list qualifies her for a seat on the Court of Appeals.
I would say it qualified her for a seat on the Supreme Court, but she's too close to the Administration in general and to Bush in particular. By all judicial ethics, she'd have to recuse herself anytime a policy she worked on as a Bush admin staffer came up. Add into the fact that she is Bush's personal lawyer, and the foul stench of cronyism surrounds this nomination.
The last time a President nominated his personal lawyer, it didn't turn out so well. The unanimous viewpoint is that Abe Fortas was quite unqualified for his position.
I like Bush's idea of getting a corporate attorney and not a judge. I just am not comfortable with Miers, since she is too close to Bush. It smells like an oligarchy.
My point on that post was not to defend her credentials as a pick for Scotus, my point was about Laura Bush's charge of sexism.
Laura said that sexism might explain the charge that Miers' lacks intellectual heft.
Her credentials say she is anything but an airhead.
Laura was looking for an explanation why someone could charge such an accomplished woman with being an intellectual lightweight, and concluded that it could be sexism. It certainly is something other than a fair assessment of her credentials. Sexism is as good an answer as anything else.