People are interested to know why I picked Harriet Miers," Bush told reporters at the White House. "They want to know Harriet Miers' background. They want to know as much as they possibly can before they form opinions. And part of Harriet Miers' life is her religion."
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It is rather troubling that in the last two days, all we have heard from the WH is that we should (a) focus on her role as a woman and (b) focus on her religion.
"It is rather troubling that in the last two days, all we have heard from the WH is that we should (a) focus on her role as a woman and (b) focus on her religion.
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Sadly, there's little else to know. She's not a Constitutional scholar, so she doesn't have a paper trail that shows her to be an originalist or a strict constructionist or any other sort of constitutionalist. We don't know.
She practiced business law, primarily. While business law issues come up occasionally at the SCOTUS, they don't make up much of the calendar.
She's an adminstrator, primarily, in her career, which has been quite successful.
So, all President Bush has is her success at breaking through barriers for women and a hint that her religious beliefs will make her likely to overturn Roe v. Wade. There's nothing else to say, really.
Sadly, Miers is simply not qualified to be a SCOTUS justice. That requires some background in constitutional law, in my opinion, whether in front of the court, as in Robert's case, or on the federal bench. She has none of this.
This is an important and powerful position. We should be looking for the very best qualified people to fill it. Guesswork just won't do.
If that's what he said exactly, it's not so bad. He doesn't say "because" anywhere. He's using that rambling style of his, lots of politicians do it, speaking in media-digestible bites that can be loosely connected logically. Sounds like he's just trying to round out her image with basic human-interest stuff. And after all, in that regard, religion IS important in her life.
However, given the way the media tore Bennett to ribbons, I'm sure they can spin this comment into an impeachable offense.