Posted on 10/13/2005 6:53:22 AM PDT by jveritas
One of the first and most important arguments that the anti-Miers camp tells us that Miers is not qualified because she never served as a judge. Well either the anti-Miers conservatives are hypocrites or they are totally ignorant because the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, one of the most conservative justices ever, was never a judge before he was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Nixon.
Here is a Link for the biography of late Chief Justice Rehnquist.
http://www.michaelariens.com/ConLaw/justices/rehnquist.htm
The greatness of the US Constitution is that it was written by very enlightened men to be understood by ordinary men and women without the need for so called expert to tell us what the Constitution means.
But as you well know, that's not the argument at all, at least not by anyone on this side of the aisle.
But hey, W appointed her, so what right do we ahve to criticize, right?
Ummm... that's what the whole battle is about. You do know, don't you, that the prevailing wisdom says that the Constitution is not written in plain English, but rather is laden with penumbras and emanations that our judicial overlords must decipher for us.
Conservatives have been fighting for decades to restore the paradigm of plain-English interpretation. That's why people are reacting to vigorously to the nomination of a complete unknown.
Clerking for Justice Robert Jackson-a distinguished Attorney and Solicitor General, American prosecutor for war crimes at Nuremberg, and one of the better Supreme Court justices of the 20th century-is not much of a stretch from being a career crony, backslapper, and careerist, who's never published a single compelling thought on any controversial, weighty Constitutional matter?
As for Miers, not even her boyfriend of 30 years can articulate ONE position she has ever taken on any issue.
I hope they do not damage their eyes looking for that as it is somewhat akin looking for the pork in pork & beans! It ain't there!
PS: Google is the enemy of ignorants and liars.
Strawman. It's more of what Dean describes as 'hiding the paper salami'.
I, for one hope that Meirs makes it. No way she would be worse that who she is replacing.
By the way, nice use of the English language there.
It's perfectly defensible, especially considering the fact that this woman has never argued any case before the Supreme Court, has never authored any substantive opinions relating to critical Constitutional questions, and to the best of our knowledge has never studied Constitutional law after acquiring her law degree.
Why do you think the president didn't nominate someone like Janice Rogers Brown? No one really believes that Miers was his first choice (this is not an attack or apology for Miers, just noting it). Either Brown and the others would not accept the nomination for whatever reason (this is being leaked to some extent by the WH), or Bush decided they would likely not be confirmed. If this latter reason is why he went with Miers, I don't blame Bush, I blame our GOP Senators. They have not backbone. Even on Roberts, perfectly qualified, amazing to watch, the GOP side was not absolutely locked on in support of him.
I'm neither a hypocrite nor ignorant, and I still oppose the Miers nomination.
The comparison to Justice Rehnquist is disingenuous, as the issue isn't Miers minimum qualifications for the bench - she is, by virtue of being a lawyer, qualified. Rather, the issue is whether she is the best candidate at this time, and she clearly is not.
Notice Dane that no one has mentioned this before in the anti-Miers camp, although I am sure that many conservatives pundits were aware of this but they just thought they can hide it from the "ignorant masses". Do you the "elitism" that we have know among liberals being manifested among some of our own?
Evidently, they believe she cannot.
Crazy, isn't it?
I see a pattern of useless flamebait posts emerging.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501361/posts
Yep, the "originalist" elite conviently forget that there is no set career track to be a SCOTUS Justice.
Absolutely I DO know that and consider it to be one of the MAJOR problems this country faces!
Conservatives have been fighting for decades to restore the paradigm of plain-English interpretation.
Yet when they FINALLY get a president willing to do something about it they throw a howling, spitting FIT!
That's why people are reacting to vigorously to the nomination of a complete unknown.
She is NOT a complete unknown to the fellow who is charged with the appointing and who's record in this area is impeccable!
Really?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1501421/posts
The other straw-man argument constantly being hawked by the Bush administration is that Miers' critics object that she's never been a judge. To quote another Bush – Read my lips: No one has said that. So please stop comparing Miers to Justice Byron White (first in his class at Yale Law School) or Justice William Rehnquist (first in his class at Stanford Law School).
Bush is the President - if he can't corral the Senators in his own party, then he is WEAK.
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