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Petition for the Withdrawal of the Nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court
NRO ^ | 10/12/05 | David Frum

Posted on 10/12/2005 5:26:46 PM PDT by StatenIsland

WE ARE REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES who supported the election of George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. Today, we respectfully urge that the nomination of Harriet Miers to the United States Supreme Court be withdrawn.

The next justice of the Supreme Court should be a person of clear, consistent, and unashamed conservative judicial philosophy.

The next justice should be a person of unquestioned personal and political independence.

The next justice should be someone who has demonstrated a deep engagement in the constitutional issues that regularly come before the Supreme Court — and an appreciation of the originalist perspective on those issues.

The next justice should be a person of the highest standard of intellectual and legal excellence.

For all Harriet Miers. many fine qualities and genuine achievements, we the undersigned believe that she is not that person. An attempt to push her nomination through the Senate will only split the Republican party, damage the Bush presidency, and cast doubts upon the Court itself.

Sometimes Americans elect Republican presidents, sometimes we elect Democratic presidents. Whatever the differences between the parties, surely we can at least agree on this: Each party owes America its best. There is a wide range of truly outstanding legal talents who share the president’s judicial philosophy. We believe that on second thought President Bush can do better — for conservatism, for the Supreme Court, for America.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antibush; auntharriet; crapnomination; deargeorgeandlaura; frum; miers; nro; petition
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I'm on it.


201 posted on 10/12/2005 7:43:09 PM PDT by SmoothTalker
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To: Dog Gone

it is refreshing to be able to engage in dialogue with someone on the opposing side in a civil manner

we can agree to disagree, for reasons i cited earlier WRT to the hearings (ie ginsburg rule and not being able to forecast whether she'll drift leftward within 5-10yrs)


202 posted on 10/12/2005 7:43:30 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite ( Mike Pence for President!!! http://acuf.org/issues/issue34/050415pol.asp)
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To: StatenIsland; All

Bush nominated Harriet Miers to the SCOTUS, and by gosh she deserves an opportunity to defend herself before the Senate Judiciary Committee, same as any other nominee.




203 posted on 10/12/2005 7:43:55 PM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (Was it P.T. Barnum who once said, " there's a democrat and/ or RINO born every second." ????)
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To: Dog Gone
"William Rehnquist had never been a judge before his appointment."

Yes, however, Rehnquist had SCOTUS experience and, while there, in his early years, was provided with a continuous education in regard to constitutional law (served as a law clerk for SCOTUS Justice R. Jackson). As a clerk, Rehnquist was an apprentice, an internal, behind-the-scences observer to the SCOTUS. It goes without saying that Rehnquist had a depth of background and experience with constitutional law not, by any stretch of the imagination, matched by Miers.
204 posted on 10/12/2005 7:44:16 PM PDT by jdm
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To: eeriegeno

Teddy will be too busy to help ole President Bush...

He just came out today and said he would back John Kerry instead of Hillary in 2008!!!

He is busy hiding all of his tax records, medical records...mistresses....


205 posted on 10/12/2005 7:44:19 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: StatenIsland

Bookmark


206 posted on 10/12/2005 7:45:57 PM PDT by Black Tooth (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: Txsleuth

fat ted should know not to challenge the crinton machine!!


207 posted on 10/12/2005 7:47:12 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite ( Mike Pence for President!!! http://acuf.org/issues/issue34/050415pol.asp)
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To: StatenIsland

This is disgusting on so many levels. I just checked my Constitution and there is no provision for Advice and Consent from Canadian magazine column writers. NRO has lost their mind and they are living in their own little echo chamber.

Somebody needs to knock some sense into them.

Is Bill Buckley anywhere to be found? Hey Bill, the kids are destroying your 50th Anniversary-- maybe they need to be grounded for a while.


208 posted on 10/12/2005 7:47:12 PM PDT by RobFromGa (Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran-- what are we waiting for?)
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To: xcamel
Thou art elite, whiny, and getting more boorish than the dims.

I couldn't agree more.

209 posted on 10/12/2005 7:48:16 PM PDT by billva
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To: no dems

I actually heard a dem on the House floor last week, when they were debating the energy thing...whether to allow offshore drilling....

say that building refineries and drilling would take a "long time, maybe 5 years", waa, waa, waa...

Of course if these idiots had agreed to these in 2001, when Bush first wanted an energy policy with these things in them....

They would be up and running and POSSIBLY helping out right now!!


210 posted on 10/12/2005 7:49:30 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: Stellar Dendrite

One would think so, wouldn't one!!!!

His brain is so pickled...he doesn't even realize what he just did....youwza!!!!


211 posted on 10/12/2005 7:53:15 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: jdm
Constitutional law isn't that hard. I hate to break this fact to the general public, but it's true. There's no doubt that the amount of case law on it is huge, but even the three-prong tests that the court has set up to evaluate certain issues aren't that terribly complicated.

What matters is your philosophy in addressing those issues.

I still don't know why my law school grade in Federal Income Taxation Law, which I hated and still don't understand, slightly beat out my Con Law grade. I could answer those senators all day without looking at notes, and my job today doesn't involve constitutional law very often at all. Maybe once every ten years.

212 posted on 10/12/2005 7:55:14 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Txsleuth

ted better stay away from ft marcy park........


213 posted on 10/12/2005 7:55:20 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite ( Mike Pence for President!!! http://acuf.org/issues/issue34/050415pol.asp)
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To: Txsleuth

You recently had your one year anniversary on FR. Happy first birthday.


214 posted on 10/12/2005 7:57:06 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: StatenIsland

I'm starting to think this was inevitable in one form or another.

The moderation in the GOP had to come to a tipping point


215 posted on 10/12/2005 7:58:47 PM PDT by wardaddy (Save a cow......eat a vegetarian.)
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To: pbrown

Why thank you, Pb....I don't feel like such a "noob" anymore!

I still feel like a rookie...but not a noob, which is a good thing. LOL


216 posted on 10/12/2005 7:59:15 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: StatenIsland
Keep playing that "Bad Cop" role."

I'm not playing any role. What?
You didn't get the superSecret memo from the eVvil dr Rovvve?
You are clearly an agent provocateur.

Wait, you simply posted the story....
never mind
;^>

217 posted on 10/12/2005 7:59:50 PM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (When Frist exercises his belated Constitutional "Byrd option", Reid will have a "Nuclear Reaction".)
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To: TheForceOfOne

Lol


218 posted on 10/12/2005 8:02:25 PM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (When Frist exercises his belated Constitutional "Byrd option", Reid will have a "Nuclear Reaction".)
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To: Txsleuth
You're welcome.

I still feel like a rookie...but not a noob, which is a good thing. LOL

Ditto on that. :-)

219 posted on 10/12/2005 8:05:08 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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