The Case for Miers (when things look blurry)

President Aristotle blog | 10/6/2005 | Grenfell Hunt

[MarcusTulliusCicero]

Your last statement is simply factually incorrect. Harriet Miers was involved in the nomination of one District Court Justice. Ms. Miers has been the Counsel of the President since February 3, 2005. Previous to that date Alberto Gonzalez held that position. On February 14, 2005, (11 days after she assumed the position, for those of you in Rio Linda) the President nominated 12 people to the U,S. Circuit Courts. Of those 12, 11 were renominations that had not been acted on by the Senate and all had been vetted by Gonzales.
(Terrence W. Boyle (Fourth Circuit): Originally nominated 9/4/2001

Janice R. Brown (D.C. Circuit): Originally nominated 7/25/2003

Richard A. Griffin (Sixth Circuit): Originally nominated 6/26/2002

Thomas B. Griffith (D.C. Circuit): Originally nominated 5/10/2004

Brett M. Kavanaugh (D.C. Circuit): Originally nominated 7/25/2003

David W. McKeague (Sixth Circuit): Originally nominated 11/8/2001

William G. Myers (Ninth Circuit): Originally nominated 5/15/2003

Susan B. Neilson (Sixth Circuit): Originally nominated 11/8/2001

Priscilla R. Owen (Fifth Circuit): Originally nominated 9/4/2001

William H. Pryor (Eleventh Circuit): Originally nominated 4/9/2003

Henry W. Saad (Sixth Circuit): Originally nominated 11/8/2001)

Since then, the President has placed one additional name into nomination, on September 29, 2005 (James Hardy Payne to the 10th Circuit in Oklahoma.

[Plutarch]

I came across this blog op ed, and it is a well reasoned piece.

It is unique that this pro-Miers piece actually provides positive factual reasons to support her.

Nothing about sexism, or that she provides M&M's, or damning her critics as elitists, etc.