If true, is this thin ice re: Article VI, clause 3 of the Constitution ?
So is it appropriate to pick or trash a nominee based upon a nominee's religious beliefs or not?
This oughta kill it.
Apparently neither party has the capacity to comprehend the simple term "religious test".
Now that is irksome. Her qualifications should be the first
consideration. The fact that she is a Christian does not
prove a thing about anything.
That is a disservice to Chritstians, if she turns out to be
a moron, that is the end of Evangelicals being placed on the
court. Perhaps GWB should have said "She has a great legal
mind and she shares my values".
Heck, why not nominate Jimmy Carter. He's an Evangelical, too!
While I can find nothing wrong with President Bush considering the religious beliefs of Miers, this is likely to raise some questions among opponents of her nomination...at least from those on the left.
It was not a bright thing for President Bush to do, and is going to come back and bite him on the butt.
In-friggin'-ept. No matter which side you fall on the question of the widsom of the pick. This latest front is a two-fer. Guaranteed to cause the Left to perk up its ears and howl at the moon; and as an added bonus, do nothing to reassure the conservative critics who are concerned that she isn't the best available person for the job.
ugh.
sheer stupidity....
DANGER WILL ROBINSON!! DANGER!!!
So what is my retort. We all know he was hoping that by saying that it would quell some of the conservative base, it doesnt make Bush stupid or anything and it says nothing about her qualifications it was a political move. Plain and simple. It shows me that Bush knew that there was going to be problems and that one of his guns was the religion ofg her, not for the Senates sake,but for his bases sake. He still should never have nominated her, but things are what they are so he sticks to his guns.
Is this a deliberate attempt to sink this nomination?
Perhaps using Miers as a way to soften the attack on the next nominee?
I believe I watched this response on television and from what I recall there are some words left out of this news report.This would not be unusual for the media.If someone could get the complete exchange between Bush and the reporter,that might be very useful.If I am in error would someone please correct me.Thanks
Bush is in a fog. Sharpton, Kerry, Jesse Jackson are all Christians as are millions of others who support abortion. Bush should withdraw the nomination.
Bush is a fool.
What a complete and utter moron to say this.
This is so stupid. Here we are decrying the Liberals' illegitimate attempts to apply a religious test to public office, and here the President practically admits to one himself. Her religion should have nothing to do with it. It should be her qualifications, character and judicial philosophy, full stop.
This just gets worse and worse.
President Bush has single handedly discredited 40 years of intellectually developed conservative judicial philosophy.
We're laughing stocks now.
People are interested to know why I picked Harriet Miers," Bush told reporters at the White House. "They want to know Harriet Miers' background. They want to know as much as they possibly can before they form opinions. And part of Harriet Miers' life is her religion."
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It is rather troubling that in the last two days, all we have heard from the WH is that we should (a) focus on her role as a woman and (b) focus on her religion.
I can think of no commodity she has that interests me LESS than her religion.
I would rather have the likes of Thomas Jefferson (an admitted Atheist) on the courts, than ANY religious leader of the day.
We are talking about SCOTUS and our Constitution. Not elections for the Pope.