READ MY LIPS: THOMAS AND SCALIA

Me | 10-7-02 | Me

[hsalaw]

You've missed the point. My question was why the poster said he'd feel betrayed even if Meirs turned out to be "in the mold of Thomas or Scalia." That's what I found contradictory. I don't know any more than you do what she'll be like. However, I do think it's more likely she'll be like Thomas or Scalia than it is that Gary Hart will win the presidency in 2008.

[KingKongCobra]

"Great arguments you've made the last several days KKC. Really, very helpful to open debate."

There's no open debate. There's only close minded whiners. At first I tried to say let's wait for the hearing and see how she performs. Lately, I'm of the opinion that KMA is the best response to vapid moronic vanities. KMA totally sums up everything that needs to be said to these crybabies.

[Lancey Howard]

His resume proved to be NO indicator of his future decisions

In fact, it was the stone OPPOSITE.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Clarence Thomas is a member of the Federalist Society.

Harriet Miers was offered the chance to join and she turned it down without the slightest bit of hesitation.

That one act-and I may be alone of this opinion-should be enough to disqualify her from consideration.

[sinkspur]

How could Republican senators vote against Miers when the voted almost unanimously to confirm Ginsburg and Breyer?

The anti-Miers jihadists will gladly tell you: Ginsburg and Breyer were both qualified, you see. They went to the right schools, put in their time on appellate courts, and sucked up to the right Supreme Court justices through internships.

How they vote, how much damage they do to the country through their decisions, is beside the point.

The most important thing is that they were qualified.

[Stellar Dendrite]

LOL, I LOVE IT!!!

[sinkspur]

That one act-and I may be alone of this opinion-should be enough to disqualify her from consideration.

That's just dopey, broham. That's like saying I'm less of a Catholic because I didn't join the Knights of Columbus.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

The Breyer and Ginsburg confirmations-as infuriating as they were-did not reflect poorly upon the Clinton administration.

At least, not to its die-hard, reflexively leftist base.

Ms. Miers however-should she be confirmed-will serve as an albatross around the neck of the conservative movement and the Republican Party for generations to come.

Mark my words.

[Stellar Dendrite]

" Harriet Miers was offered the chance to join and she turned it down without the slightest bit of hesitation."

Interesting bit of information, Do you have a link to this story?

[sinkspur]

Ms. Miers however-should she be confirmed-will serve as an albatross around the neck of the conservative movement and the Republican Party for generations to come.

Your posts are, successively, more and more outrageous.

Are you intoxicated?

[msnimje]

Clarence Thomas was as much a cipher as Harriett Miers

Clarence Thomas:

Bar Admission Missouri, 1974

Experience Prior judicial experience: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals (DC Cir.)

Federal Judicial Position(s) Judge, Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1990-91

Federal Political Position(s)

Legislative assistant, Senate, 1979-81;

Assistant Secretary for civil rights, Department of Education, 1981-82;

Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1982-90

Law Practice Missouri, 1977-79

Law School Yale, Graduated 1974

State Political Position(s) Assistant attorney general, Missouri, 1974-77

Undergraduate Education Immaculate Conception Holy Cross, Attended 1967-68, B.A. 1971

Additonal information from Infoplease.com

he graduated (1974) from the Yale Law School and became a prominent black conservative active in Republican causes

[RobbyS]

Clarence Thomas was an affirmative action pick, and, like Miers, was characterized by GHWBush as "the most qualified candidate available." That description was derided by liberal and conservative media.

People conveniently forget what they do not wish to remember. Bush senior was replacing a verly liberal black with a conservative black. Thomas has been derided as a clone of Scalia, but his opinions stand to be treated with respect. I am no judge, but from my laymen's point of view they are fa rsuperior to those of Sandra Day O'Connor. She, too, was an affirmative action pick. it should be remembered. Reagan was making a gesture when he appointed her, and competent, experienced women lawyers were still thin on the ground.

[Spiff]

She may turn out to be a justice in the mold of Scalia and Thomas. We just don't know enough yet.

Look, we don't get any do overs.

And the president didn't promise someone who MIGHT somehow, miraculously be a justice in the mold of Thomas and Scalia - he promised to nominate somebody who already was in that mold. Miers is not, nor do I doubt she will ever be, a Thomas or Scalia.

[sinkspur]

The media characterized Clarence Thomas as an unknown, and unworthy of succeeding a judicial giant like Thurgood Marshall. Marshall, himself, derided Thomas.

You either weren't paying attention in 1991 or have conveniently forgotten that Thomas was laughed at as a nominee.

[McGavin999]

Ahhhh, so we have a little club litmus test going have we? If you don't go to the right schools, or belong to the right clubs, you're just a nobody.

In case you didn't know it, this is America (or at least I thought it was until this thing came up). Frankly, I'm ashamed at the things that are being said about this woman.

Whether she gets confirmed or not I'm never going to have the same respect for them that I did before. I'll always know that they hold all of us in contempt. Thinly veiled, but still contemp.

[Urbane_Guerilla]

Clarence Thomas was as much a cipher as Harriett Miers.

This is how real life works. Look at your marriage for corroboration.

If there is an issue of vital interest, you do something with no doubt in furtherance of the common goal.

W has decided for whatever reason that he prefers confusion and doubt. Those who support Miers prefer confusion and doubt. That is what is happening in the here and now.

What is happening in the here and now is what we as humans necessarily do, unless we have another agenda.

[RobbyS]

I am not overwhelmed by this. A respectable but thin resume. To this Miers could oppose a long and successful career in private practice and fifteen years in public life.

[skr]

I wish the GOP had 55 conservative senators, but it doesn't.

[sinkspur]

W has decided for whatever reason that he prefers confusion and doubt. Those who support Miers prefer confusion and doubt. That is what is happening in the here and now.

I give Bush the benefit of the doubt because of his record in picking judicial nominees. Every nominee has to prove themselves in the Senate hearings. Harriett Miers will have to measure up, as Roberts did. If she falls on her face, she will fail, and I will join you in saying she failed.

The only confusion and doubt is being sown by people who want to force Bush to withdraw the nomination.

That is not going to happen.

[RobbyS]

Faith faith is all I can say. A Talleyrand?