If you watched "Meet the Press" this morning, they would sound familiar. Russert broadcast the clip from Bartiromo's interview of Scalia.
A few points. Scalia was talking about Miers, not Roberts. My reference (not Scalia's) to her as a replacement for "Chief Justice Rehnquist" was intended only to fully identify Rehnquist.
When Scalia says: "There is now nobody with that background after the death of the previous chief" - he means somebody like Rehnquist, with no judicial expperience. His subsequent comments referencing Rehnquist, Powell and White make this amply clear.
And while Scalia didn't specifically mention Miers, I think it's a bit of a stretch to suggest Scalia didn't have Miers in mind when he's rebutting one of the primary arguments against her in the midst of the raging firestorm over her nomination.
In fact, it would be totally inappropriate for a sitting Justice to comment on the qualifications of a specific nominee by name - so Scalia was probably being as specific as circumstances allow.
For those curious about when this was taped, Russert said Bartimoro sat down with Scalia Saturday night.
There should be no confusion, Roberts is no longer a nominee.
Carl, I like you, but you took entirely too much 'license' with this headline, and your take on the comments can be reasonably disagreed with by intelligent conservatives.
I think you pretty much 'made up news' with this article, by injecting much too much of your personal opinion into the 'reporting' -- which is what annoys us most about the Legacy Media.
Please try to emulate the MSM/LM less.
Thank you. That should put a stop to "Theory Why This Can't Be Applicable Number Two".
Of course, this is FreeRepublic...