with all the whining, you would think this forum was FrenchRepublic.com not FREERepublic.com. I have my reservations about Miers, however the ONE think that I think is a 100% positive is the fact she has NOT been a judge. She is untainted by black robe fever.
I know a couple of judges who are venemously upset that (GASP!) a non-judge gets the nod. It was IN THEORY that a non-judge could be on the USSC but the fellow lawyers just ASSUMED they had a permanent lock on the Judge promoted to higher Judge tracks.
I think the legal profession is afraid the next step is non-lawyers.
I want Miers to be approved to tick off all the naysayers.
"She is untainted by black robe fever."
uh, if she is confirmed, she will be subject to the same fever.
Better to have someone who has been a judge that we can tell is immune to it, then to put someone on the bench who may fall victim to it.