> Yawn...Big deal. I know people who are absolutely brilliant thinkers and yet can't write. I know a few fantastic writers who are dumber than rocks.
Without reference to Miers in particular, don't you think a SCOTUS job description is one of those that requires acumen in both areas... thinking and writing, given that future precedent is not set on what a justice thought, but on the words set down in the opinions that they wrote?
My answer is in post #29