[deport]

"Without mentioning the Bush nominee by name, the conservative legal icon (Scalia) said that the High Court needed someone who had never served as a judge to take the place of the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist."

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...Scalia is therefore talking about John Roberts and defending his position as CJ on the SC -- not Harriet Miers. This appears to be a take on Roberts, not Miers.

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It appears to me that you can't follow logic when reading what was quoted. The article specifically mentions three justices that have sat on the court without prior judicial experience. The reference to Rehnquist is that he is the last one and is now gone, thus someone without the judicial experience would be good to have to replace the void left by Rehnquist.....

Roberts had judicial experience don'tcha know.

[jdm]

"The reference to Rehnquist is that he is the last one and is now gone, thus someone without the judicial experience would be good to have to replace the void left by Rehnquist....."

And the Rehnquist void is being filled by Judge John Roberts, who has judicial experience.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Incredible, isn't it? They'll do anything to explain this away, including deliberately misunderstanding it.

Sheesh.