Posted on 10/23/2005 5:34:36 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
WASHINGTON – Harriet Miers, President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, is on record as supporting the establishment of the International Criminal Court, homosexual adoptions, a major local tax increase and women in combat, WorldNetDaily has learned.
While some conservative leaders and organizations were stunned by the appointment, most were not alarmed by the lack of a paper trail by the nominee who has never served as a judge at any level.
But a profile of her positions as a leader of the American Bar Association, a Dallas city councilwoman and as presidential counselor is unlikely to ease the concerns of those who were expecting Bush to fulfill his promise to name a justice in the mold of Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia.
According to Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, Miers has taken positions as White House counsel that violate the law banning women in combat.
"As White House counsel, Ms. Miers either approved of the Department of Defense's illegal assignments of women in units required to be all-male, which is still continuing in violation of the law requiring notice to Congress in advance, or she was oblivious to the legal consequences of those assignments," she said.
Donnelly believes the actions of Miers could lead directly to a future court ruling requiring women to register with the Selective Service for the draft because they are now being, against the wishes of Congress, assigned to land combat.
"I am very disappointed by the president's choice," she said. "Ms. Miers does not have a judicial 'paper trail,' but her record as White House counsel is a legitimate cause for concern. Democrats and liberals who were willing to use the military for purposes of social experimentation have reason to be pleased."
Donnelly also concludes that Miers approved the Bush administrations retention of President Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" regulations, which, she says, are different from the 1993 law passed by Congress
Meanwhile, during Miers long affiliation with the American Bar Association, she submitted a 1999 report to the ABA's house of delegates that included recommendations to develop and establish an International Criminal Court and the enactment of laws and public policy providing that the sexual orientation of adults be no bar to adoption of children.
Under the heading Family Law and subheading Adoption, the document states: "Supports the enactment of laws and public policy which provide that sexual orientation shall not be a bar to adoption when the adoption is determined to be in the best interest of the child."
Also included, under the heading International Law and Practice, is a recommendation for "the development and establishment of an International Criminal Court."
Along with the proposed agenda was a memo, dated Oct. 28, 1998, that explained the document.
"The Committee urges all Delegates to review this list for items of interest to their constituencies, and to act as the catalyst for further contact and action so that each entity will have the earliest opportunity for consideration and input."
The memo is signed by Miers as chairwoman of the Select Committee of the House.
As a city councilwoman, Miers also said Dallas had a responsibility to pay for AIDS education and patient services. And she courted the support of the Lesbian/Gay Coalition of Dallas in her successful 1989 campaign.
In addition, economic conservatives pleased by her corporate law background may find it distressing that in 1990 Miers voted for a 7 percent property tax increase during her short tenure on the Dallas City Council.
PSS This kind of emotionalism is a waste of space.
You assume the facts not confirmed by Ms. Miers.
A better question is, "why not let the Senate Judiciary Committee ask her about these issues."
The Constitution provides for the Senate to advise and consent on this manner. Last month the mantra was "give the President an up or down vote on this nominee." Now according to Farah and others it is "withdraw this nominee and do not give her an up or down vote."
Accusations are always a dime a dozen. Ms. Miers will be before the committee with millions watching. If you are sure she supports these things, it will become apparent.
I agree with almost all of what you said, but I think you've misjudged them here...
Even the collectivist idiots don't really believe in alturism; they use it as a ploy on people duller than themselves to gain power. Same tactic as soaking the "rich guys". When most people hear that, they think they're going to get to take something someone else has.
The unfortunate thing is that it frequently works in the short-term.
Bears repeating.
POTENTIAL AGENDA ITEMS
FOR THE 1999 MIDYEAR MEETING
OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES
OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
NOTE: This list includes issues which may be presented for consideration at the 1999 Midyear Meeting of the House of Delegates. Please remember that the filing deadline for submission of reports with recommendations by Association entities and affiliated organizations is Friday, November 20, 1998.
LOL :-)
Funny, but you're probably wasting your time... he seems more than a bit demented.
Sorry, I was being sarcastic about that part.
If people were going to vote for Kerry based on that passing then they are as clueless as the character Barney Fife (Although he did have his moments).
I've made at least five of them scamper away with their tails tucked between their legs thus far, in this thread alone.
I can't possibly pretend I don't enjoy the holy living heck out of that. :)
Again, why do you believe that Miers, WHO OPPOSED LEGALIZING HOMOSEXUAL SEX AT ALL, WOULD SUPPORT LETTING GAYS GET MARRIED?
You keep avoiding the questions, Kent.
Joe Farah, who DID NOT VOTE in 2000 (and probably not in 2004 either-is he even registered to vote?). Joe Farah, who believes the office of president is obsolete. Joe Farah, who has spent years cultivating wannabe celebrities and pundits by banking on their names...
People like Coulter and Limbaugh and Levin and even Buchanan ought to be ashamed and embarrassed that they've whored themselves out to a nut like him, because he has traded on their reputations for years-and instead of giving him credibility and legitimacy, he's exposed their lack of either.
If that proves to be true, that has to be the last straw on this nomination.
It's as if Bush is trying to force conservatives to the Constitution Party in 2008.
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I read it somewhere else too. At the moment, I don't remember where, though.
OK, how many politicians in Texas who actually wanted to be elected would explicitly say they were courting gays (double entendre intentional).
For that matter, how any place other than San Francisco or Chapel Hill, NC?
Answer: none.
Stop dodging (ineptly), and answer the question: Are you seriously saying that a woman who CHECKED "YES" TO THE QUESTION "ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF CIVIL RIGHTS FOR GAYS AND LESBIANS" could have meant anything BUT marriage and/or adoption rights? What other "civil rights" do you suppose were being code worded here, for pity's sake: the "civil right" to turn somersaults in the town square? The "civil right" to recite the alphabet, backwards?
If you have no intelligent answer to provide -- and, really, that's how the smart money in Vegas is betting, right about now -- toddle off and watch cartoons, or something. Your entire -- well, let's be charitable, shall we, and call it an "argument" -- depends on coughing up something more intellectually substantial than just another online hairball. Get cracking.
Given that she doesn't appear to be the brightest bulb in the hall, it's quite possible she simply didn't understand the question :-)
At this late stage of her life, no amount of cramming for her Senate Judiciary Committee final exam is going to transform her into something she is not. That doesn't mean she won't give the appearance of being qualified. Senate Judiciary Committee hearings are carefully choreographed dog-and-pony shows. If the administration's tactics are successful, you'll hear Miers fling zingers she's carefully memorized that will make you pause and say, "Hmmm. There's more depth to this nominee than her most cynical critics ever dreamed of."
Only there isn't.
Miers is a shallow pool. Playing angles with the cameras may give the appearance of depth, but only a fool would discount what is already known and attempt to launch a ship in that pool.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Children are napping. :)
ROTFLMAOWTIME :-) :-)
Well... it was a small and particularly slow target, after all. :)
I'm glad this stuff is coming out now and not 5 years from now in supreme court decisions.
BINGO
Issue statement that something is a lie. Refer to prior statement to prove that current statement that something is a lie is factual.
How clintonian! :)
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