[OldFriend]

When Thomas was nominated there was endless shrieking about him certainly NOT being the most qualified person for the Court.

Some things never change. Too bad so many of us fall into the media trap and rush to attack our own.

[TSchmereL]

I am not attacking Miers. I don't know about her. But that is the problem. I am attacking Bush because I don't know about her.

[bigeasy_70118]

I posted this on another thread but when Rhenquist was being criticized for "not being distinguished enough", Nixon replied, "Put a f-ing robe on him, then he'll be distinguished."

I too am dismayed at the reaction to this pick. I simply don't know enough about Meirs either way to rip Bush for this selection. But I do like the idea of a lawyer's lawyer type on the Court, rather than an academic or another appellate judge. Look where that got us. (Breyer, Kennedy, Souter, O'Connor, Stevens).

I am always amazed when legal issues are debated on FR. Despite excellent commentary and insight on a wide range of topics, any time any aspect of the legal system is discussed here, uninformed hysteria seems to abound.