Posted on 10/05/2005 11:57:40 AM PDT by KMC1
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For anyone who doesn't know, Justice Hecht is the Scalia of the Texas Supreme Court -- long opinions, very scholarly, strict constructionist who is constantly trying to push the Court to the right. He supports Miers without any reservations whatsoever.
Interesting....
Perhaps she will cash her first vote in the case concerning Assisted Suicide. We will see.
I think if she is not there for oral arguments and the decision being issued, she does not vote. The she in this case can be either Justice O'Connor or Justice Mier. This is likely to be an 8 vote decision.
P.S. the Constitution doesn't need to state that one should be qualified according to a precise scheme. Anyway she has not a track: What can you say about affirmative action, government spending, property right, gun right, abortion, death penalty?
The assisted suicide case is one where Miers nor Roberts will be able to please critics. If they for the federal gov the state rights people will be mad. If they vote for oregon the right to life people will be mad.
Some may consider this naive or worse, but I trust the president to make a good choice for this important selection. I don't think the choice was based on cronyism. He has many other friends who could have been chosen if that had been the reason.
Our favorites were JRB, Luttig, and Edith Jones. I don't know all of the reasons why the president chose Miers over these very qualified persons. I was disappointed, and concerned, but the more I learn about Miers, the less disappointed and concerned I am about her nomination.
The president is a man who prays, and I have no doubt that this was a prayerful decision. I know that my family prayed about this decision. I trust in the power of prayer, and the providence of God.
The strong support she has received from Justice Hecht, and others, reassures me that we have less to fear, and more to hope.
The president has three more years in office, Lord willing, and there may be other vacancies to be filled on the SCOTUS during that time.
"[Hecht] supports Miers without any reservations whatsoever."
He's also been dating her since the 1970s.
I pray you are right Lucy....we need someone on the court who will look to God for guidance when attempting to interpret the Constitution as our fathers intended.
we need someone on the court who will look to God for guidance when attempting to interpret the Constitution as our fathers intended.
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Yes, we do...and a nation of God fearing, prayerful people to pray for all of those who bear the burden of leadership and decision making for us.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths." (Proverbs 3:5)
Yes, he must know her quite well. According to 10/05/05 article in WaPo, he says this--
"Hecht and other confidants of Miers all pledge that if the Senate confirms her nomination to the Supreme Court, her judicial values will be guided by the law and the Constitution. But they say her personal values have been shaped by her abiding faith in Jesus, and by her membership in the massive red-brick Valley View Christian Church, where she was baptized as an adult, served on the missions committee and taught religious classes. At Valley View, pastors preach that abortion is murder, that the Bible is the literal word of God and that homosexuality is a sin -- although they also preach that God loves everybody."
You're right.
Yes, Hecht is the reason W can be so sure about Harriet. They've been "keeping company" since the mid-70s. Now I don't want to criticize anybody's lifestyle, but isn't it time for Miers to make an honest man of him?
Some interesting tidbits in the NYT this morning:
"Educated at Yale and Southern Methodist University, he has been closely associated for three decades with Ms. Miers, President Bush's former personal lawyer in Texas, working together at an elite Dallas Law firm, escorting Ms. Miers to evangelical church services and social functions.
"At times he benefited from her financial assistance.
"In 1993, the plaintiff in a whistleblower lawsuit asked Justice Hecht to recuse himself from ruling on a motion filed by Ms. Miers with the Texas Supreme Court. The plaintiff, Kathleen Spears, requested the recusal, according to an article in Texas Lawyer magazine, "because of his friendship and financial dealings with Miers." The magazine reported that Ms. Miers was listed as a guarantor of a loan to Hecht in excess of $25,000, according to Hecht's financial statement filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. Justice Hecht recused himself from the decision.
"Ms. Miers also donated $6,396.84 in 1994 and 2000, when Justice Hecht successfully ran for re-election, ranking among his largest individual contributors, according to Texans for Public Justice, a nonpartisan group that tracks campaign donations in state politics."
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