[RFEngineer]

"In certain quarters Ms. Miers is, in fact, technically speaking, a religious heretic"

I've heard she left the Catholic church, hence fitting the technical definition as a heretic, but you really think that Catholics are driving opposition to her because of this? I don't.

[muawiyah]

The first group to jump on her were affiliated with National Review. You can even count on those guys to regularly come up with articles about the evils of the Orthodox ~ what makes you think folks like that don't keep track of heresy?

Otherwise they are nice people.

Oh, yes, and then Buchanan jumped on her right away ~ almost knee-jerk about it ~ the guy didn't even know why he opposed her but he did; then there's his gumbah McLaughlin.

If in the luck of the draw, Miers had been nominated first, and subjected to this sort of muck, I bet you dollars to donuts you'd not seen Roberts nominated.

"W" needs to call Jonah Goldberg's momma and tell her to ask him to call off the dogs or NONE of their Libertarian or other friends will ever get any jobs in his administration ever again.

[The Iguana]

I've heard she left the Catholic church, hence fitting the technical definition as a heretic, but you really think that Catholics are driving opposition to her because of this? I don't.

The Diocese of Dallas just reported that she was never on the rolls there. The White House has admitted it was an error.

So I think this conversion angle is a moot point.

It's not why so many conservatives were disappointed in the ruling. If Bush wanted an evangelical Texas woman for the Cout, he could have picked Owens or Jones, and no one on the Right would have batted an eyelash over *their* faith.