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?
Wow.... half a post of nothing but how great the guy he clerked for was? That says lots about the rest of the post.
Yes, clerking for a year for ANY SC justice is hardly more "qualification" for SC than heading a state bar assoc.
Nor is "writing weighty opinions" a qualification for SC.
There's no way around the fact that Rehnquist was (on paper) little more qualified than Miers. Certainly not enough to justify the vitriol against her.
Wow.... half a post of nothing but how great the guy he clerked for was? That says lots about the rest of the post.
Yes, clerking for a year for ANY SC justice is hardly more "qualification" for SC than heading a state bar assoc.
Nor is "writing weighty opinions" a qualification for SC.
There's no way around the fact that Rehnquist was (on paper) little more qualified than Miers. Certainly not enough to justify the vitriol against her.