Harriet Miers the pick AP

[johnmecainrino]

Harriet Miers

[Whit]

A few interesting facts to me from the Oval Office nomination session - President Bush used the phrase "strict construction" twice in his intro, Ms Miers used it once. Her undergraduate degree was in mathematics... math folks can be painstakingly strict in their construction of things.

[mewzilla]

I was hoping for an originalist. Hopefully we got one :)

[txrangerette]

Uh, Roberts has repeatedly said what his judicial philosophy is. Do we live in paraellel universes. Also, President Bush swears that neither Roberts nor Miers will legislate from the bench and will strictly interpret our Constitution and laws. Not good enough for some people, obviously?

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Would you say that this was a bold courageous pick in a day when we are battling judicial tyranny?

[xzins]

JRB didn't have a chance. The McCain 14 wouldn't have supported her.

[AFPhys]

Can someone here please tell me ANY indication that Meirs is NOT a strict Constitutionalist?

[alnick]

I didn't catch the whole context but W just mentioned her work with Exodus International. If that's the case, you know the libs are going to have a major hissy fit.

LOL. Major conniptions ahead.

[thoughtomator]

They've just never seen an actual debate before, so they don't know how to interpret all this. That's just the difference between a right wing that discusses policy and a left wing that merely copies policy positions from the editorial pages of the New York Times.

[johnb838]

I would think that the rats would like to make a token show of resistance to Miers much like they did to Roberts before overwhelmingly voting for her. I would expect a few squeals, nothing more.

[NittanyLion]

Kay Bailey Hutchinson just said on FNF that she clerked for Sarah Hughes on Federal Court. What do we know about Sarah Hughes?

Sarah Hughes was a Democrat.

[nicmarlo]

She won a Sandra Day O' Connor Award.

Really. Do you know for what?

[longtermmemmory]

Hutchenson might as well have said that Meirs has the same experiences as Ginsberg.

So far the praisers are making it WORSE.

Seems her only asset is the fact she wears a skirt, NOT her legal knowledge or philosophy.

IOW she got the job BECAUSE of her gender not her qualifications.

[mhking]

Not good enough for some people, obviously?

They want -- as do most on the Hill -- empirical evidence, as opposed to taking Bush's word.

[silent_jonny]

Reading this late ....

Has this been confirmed?

Before Roberts was nominated there was a leak that Bush was going to pick someone else, a moderate--I can't remember her name, but the doom-n-gloomers and Bush-bashers were out in force saying pretty much the same junk I've been reading here this morning.

Then the president surprised the naysayers by (gasp!) keeping his word and nominating a person like John Roberts--not only to the court, but to Chief Justice.

What I'm wondering is, if this current "pick" hasn't been confirmed, could this be another misleading leak.

[Jim_Curtis]

4 . MIERS, HARRIET E MS 11/3/1988 $1,000.00 DALLAS, TX 75229 [Contribution] DNC SERVICES CORPORATION/DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

For those who are grasping that Miers was supporting a "conservative al gore", this contribution came right around election day when Dukakis was already nominated.

It would have been an anti-Reagan contribution for the most part...Bush was the Reagan legacy at that time and perceived to be quite conservative.

[mewzilla]

I'd say if we want more we need a third party.

[HostileTerritory]

Feel better now that you have that off your chest? Maybe you could join some others and vote for Hillary? Maybe join DU.

I agree. Some people are unhappy with Bush's choice for the Supreme Court and they're willing to throw away Iraqi democracy, Afghan democracy, freedom for Afghan women, a secure nation because Miers isn't on their special list of ok nominees. I'm sick of it. Is this really what they thought the election--and the Presidency--is about? God, I hope not.

[nicmarlo]

Sorry, but in the "unknowns" and "unproven" category....there's a lack of paper trails.

[NeoCaveman]

Can someone here please tell me ANY indication that Meirs is NOT a strict Constitutionalist?

Can someone here please tell me ANY indication that Meirs is NOT a strict Constitutionalist?

[beckysueb]

My concern with the knee-jerk reaction today on FR is that we can sometimes sound like the wackos at DU.....

I was thinking the same thing. If it wasn't for the cleaner language, I would have thought I was in DU. I was over there reading their reaction, and in one post, they were actually agreeing with the "Freepers". Scary!