White House Wants a High Court Justice Who Won't 'Go Souter'

Legal Times ^ | 10/24/5 | T.R. Goldman

[flashbunny]

Instead, he put up "go along to get along miers".

[Texas Federalist]

She may not "go Souter", but we don't want her to "go O'Connor" either.

[livius]

I think he put her up because he knows (or at least firmly believes) that she is conservative and she is tough as nails and will get through the confirmation process, which has been made into an occasion of torture by the Dems. She was supposedly known as the "Iron Lady" at some point in her legal career, so she may be better qualified than we think. How wonderful would it be to see Ted Kennedy made a fool of twice in a row...(remember Roberts?)

[Lurker]

Fine. Then withdraw Meiers and appoint Brown.

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[Rodney King]

So, Rudman and Sununu want us to think that they knowingly foisted Souter on us, as opposed to their having been decieved and/or incorrect. Fine with me. May they rot in hell.

[Petronski]

Miers is not going to 'go Souter' on him...

Maybe not intentionally, but being underqualified, she is subject to intimidation and suasion by the lefties on the court.

[counterpunch]

Bush is fooling himself if he thinks he knows the real Harriet Miers.
After all, who doesn't tell their boss what he wants to hear?

[af_vet_1981]

"There is no question in my mind that [then-White House Counsel] C. Boyden Gray and [then-White House Associate Counsel] Lee Otis, both of them die-hard conservatives, vetted Souter's credentials," Sununu says. "All the questions were asked of Souter relative to the interpretation of the Constitution. They probed around specific issues as much as was perceived to be good custom. And every answer was indicative of what the president wanted. Everybody is disappointed, and with all due respect to those who were not, they were part of the deception."

The answer is obvious.

Souter deceived them in able to get nominated and confirmed so he could advance the agenda.

Just ask his wife ...

[peyton randolph]

Just ask his wife ...

I thought Souter played the 'wife' role. Pillow biter.

[loveliberty2]

"After all, who doesn't tell their boss what he wants to hear?"

If an employee, in a position of great trust, tells his/her "boss what he wants to hear," then that employee is doing a great disservice to the employer, and if it goes on, undetected, for more than a few weeks, there's something seriously wrong with the "boss."

[flashbunny]

exactly...who would want to upset the most brilliant man they've ever known, and the bestest governor ever?

[DoughtyOne]

This is actually one of the concerns about appointing staff to an appointment like this. If future Presidential staff have higher aspirations, will they couch their true beliefs to maintain qualification? Does this serve to strengthen or dilute the advice future Presidents recieve?

[TAdams8591]

"Just because you know her heart doesn't tell you her judicial philosophy."

Gary Bauers is exactly right.

[TAdams8591]

So as to avoid being "Soutered," the President nominates someone with even less of a papertrail. Makes sense to me. /sarcasm

[caveat emptor]

[Miers is]... underqualified....subject to intimidation and suasion...

Don't cave in to the pile-on by the Magnificent Seven ( frummie, annie, lucienne's boy, etc)? Guess we'll all just have to wait and see.

[TAdams8591]

"After all, who doesn't tell their boss what he wants to hear?"

Something Miers was particularly adept at.

[meema]

My last boss (of over 10 years) thougtht she knew every thought of mine, too. We got along fine, and knew each other well enough to complete each other's sentences, but there were some things I believed that she never knew. It was a neccessity, to protect myself.
Employee/employer relationships are not equal partners.

...who would want to upset the most brilliant man they've ever known...

especially if you were happy to be working for him?

[Earthdweller]

The dummies seem to be concerned about Miers...

[SevenMinusOne]

Then withdraw Meiers and appoint Brown.

J.R. Brown does NOT want to be nominated. She asked the WH to remove her name - This has been reported by several "sources" on various radio and TV shows -