As I said on the other thread, this case seems to have been handled by at least twelve lead lawyers from several Texas law firms, the Attorney General of Texas, and an Amicus Curiae. But I grant you that Miers has the top spot among the attorneys named for the defense.
I also saw, and praised, your earlier thread concerning important cases she has been involved in.
I don't think there's any doubt that she can coordinate and lead large numbers of bright lawyers in large cases. She was also chosen to act on behalf of Microsoft. What I don't think this actually demonstrates is whether she can write well, put her thoughts in order, or compose a Supreme Court decision in the strict constructionist spirit. She certainly doesn't write very well when she is doing it on her own hook.
Have you read any of the legal briefs she wrote and signed on cases where just her firm was involved? If not, and I have not, because they are not online, making a judgment on how she practices her craft is premature. Both the Microsoft and Disney cases where complex, and raised interesting issues, about which I learned something.
Just keeping it real Cicero. Her opponent recognized her ability. I think that says something.
W doesn't speak very well when he's off-the-cuff. But, W is the kinda guy you'd like to have a beer with, his articulation be damned.
OTOH, John Kerry is impeccable in his speech and grammar. He's just so damned boring and duplicitous that his manner of speaking is incidental to his dreadful personna.
I'm a stickler for proper grammar, but, I'm just a software sales rep here in Texas. Miers writes in a stilted style, but she's in the White House.
I've met lots of folks who are great speakers, but write like third graders. Others write like Shakespeare, but can't utter a coherent paragraph.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's opinions are written masterpieces, but almost always bastardizations of the law.