Miers thoughts

[kathygnome]

I have heard so much nonsense about how Ms. Miers will rule on this or that case. Why are we even talking about this?

Why are we not discussing the obvious? The woman isn't qualified.

She has no record in constitutional law. She has no experience with constitutional law from any angle whatsoever. She has no published commentary on the law. She has not litigated constitutional cases. She has never dealt with constitutional matters from within the executive branch.

In fact, for all we can tell she apparently has no interest in constitutional law whatsoever. A brief search of my old name on google would show that I have a more expansive commentary on constitutional matters than this woman does.

She's simply unqualified. It doesn't matter whether you are a frothing far right nutcase hoping for a nomination that makes Scalia look sensible or someone hoping Bush has a last minute conversion and nominates an actual moderate or liberal. You don't need to go to the politics of it to vote to reject her. She is simply not qualified for the position.

Comments

[lyllian.livejournal.com]

When I read the article the first thing that Jumped out at me was the fact that she's NEVER been a Judge!

How do you nominate someone to such a seat of power without the credentials?!

[kathygnome.livejournal.com]

Well one doesn't have to have been a judge, but one should be involved somehow with the entire process. Thurgood Marshall had a rather meteoric rise to the bench with only a few years on the court of appeals, but he also had extensive experience litigating cases in front of the courts of appeals and the supreme court.

What really more than anything stands out is how little this woman seems to care for the law. Supreme Court Justice is a job for a law-geek. I think Scalia is an incredible danger to the country. I think he's frightening and fascist, but he's a law geek. Law is his life. That's the kind of people who should be on the court.

I would be quite surprised if this woman doesn't retire after a few years.

[herbalgrrl.livejournal.com]

amen, amen, amen... was ranting about this all yesterday

[lassiter.livejournal.com]

Yep - all true. I'm still waiting for one single Senator to point out the obvious.

[emiofbrie.livejournal.com]

You forgot to mention that Miers is Bush's personal attorney, and she has helped him thwart some major scandals. It would stand to reason that Bush is appointing her so he can be that much more legally untouchable.

[malwae.livejournal.com]

You know, every now and again I find myself agreeing with Pat Buchanan.. how creepy. Check out his block on the subject.

(It's the Bush Recoils from Greatness entry)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/

Although, I have to admit it was pretty funny that he thinks Dubya is nominating a woman because Laura is picking on him. /snicker

No surprise at all...

[zoe-w.livejournal.com]

that cronyism and nepotism are both foundations of a presidency created on the coat tails of his daddy's money with little qualifications in government or management.

No one is mentioning Miers' lack of qualifications because they have no plans to rerun the "nukalar option" debate. Democrats especially want these nominations, and it isn't because she's the least offensive person he could pick either. (though if you look at the other women who could have been candidates, Miers is a safe bet.) No, Democrats want to add this as a list of charges for the '06 and '08 elections to repeat the same pathetic mantra of "Republicans bad! Us good!"

The most common comment I've heard about this candidate from the Democrats is "it's the president's choice, and we have to look at her as the replacement." Translating that into plain English instead of the deplorable politic speak, it's fairly easy to see why they'd want to get both justices confirmed before the '06 elections. If Miers and Robert turn out to be bad choices, it's more ammunition to use against all Republicans.

Sad really, that this is what passes for political discourse in the US; an opposition party too afraid to oppose anything for fear of losing votes, and an entrenched leadership too full of itself to do anything beyond tossing out wedge issues.