Miers was not qualified. She would have made a complete fool of herself. It was clear from her intitial meetings with the senators. That's why she got pulled. After Specter met with her, he all but said she was in over her head. GWB made a totally boneheaded move, because he picked the picker. It really showed how helpless he is without advisors.
I was agreeing with most of your observations about Miers until you said this. That statement doesn't fit this President on many issues. You acknowlege in a later post that Presidents make mistakes and Bush made a mistake with Miers. I'll agree with that, but the other is nonsense.
I just love the fact that all the pro-Miers arguments are archived here on FR for comedic value, and there are no edit buttons on the forum.
I happen to think it's very likely he's being honest. I could be wrong, but I am more convinced than ever that Roe is settled law as far as the court is concerned, and I don't expect Roberts or Alito to change that. Could be wrong, but that's my take. I don't think Alito is lying about where he stands today.
Possibly the only place Alito is 'shading', imo, -- would be on his commitment to 'congressional findings' that would interfere with individual rights.
From what I've seen his commitment to Constitutional principle far outweighs any respect for legislative 'findings' or executive 'acts'