---So... believing too fervently in a cause might lead to offenses against public order. Got it, I'll be sure to keep that in mind, and not let myself be carried that far. I think I can confidently say the same about my fellow freepers, at least on this issue.---
But you can't just let a constitutional process play out? Free speech and the writing of petitions is in contention here. What I object to is the object of the petition, the removal of a Presidential nominee before going to the Senate. Those opposed to the Miers nomination claim the are opposed out of worry for the Constituion and the Republic. Yet these same people come now wanting to short circuit the process. Many are saying why even have a hearing! Hearings are worthless, but pass me that petitition!
Free speech and the writing of petitions is (not) in contention here.
This is all part of the constitutional process. If the President withdraws the nomination, that is every bit as constitutional as if he sticks with her and the Senate confirms her or rejects her. All the Constitution stipulates is that he nominate judges, and appoint them provided he have the concurrence of the Senate. No other material details are specified.
Petitions are written and signed by the powerless, impotent and irrelevent. This petition is every bit as laughable as petitions signed demanding Bush pull out of Iraq or declaring Berzerkly a "nucular"-free zone. Utter waste of bandwidth.
If the Miers Lynch Mob is reduced to signing petitions, they have lost.