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Supreme Court: October 10, 2005
The Miers' Supreme Court Nomination Controversy Edward Morrissey (Captain's Quarters), writes a guest editorial for the Washinton Post about the storm unleashed by the Miers nomination. "Most conservatives feel betrayed after working so hard to get enough Republicans elected to confirm almost any nominee," he writes, capturing my sentiment exactly. In a blog entry Morrissey states, "What did we get? Another long-term Bush buddy getting a lifetime job on the basis of proximity instead of excellence." Later he adds, "Bush blew it, but Miers may still surprise us, so let's not compound the mistake." In his WAPO column, Morrissey delinieates Loyalists, such as Hugh Hewitt, who have defended the Bush nominee, from the Rebel Alliance, who want to see Miers' nomination either withdrawn or defeated. Responding to critics of Miers' nomination, Hewitt writes a lengthy post worth considering. "I imagine that Justice Miers will vote most often with the new Chief, and that the new Chief will vote most often as did the old Chief, and that the SCOTUS will shift significantly to the right as a result. So what is the problem?" he writes. "I am quite certain that Harriet Miers has all the intellectual firepower she needs to join SCOTUS and get the decisions correct." According to Morrissey, some think the president's move demonstrates a hidden brilliance that may take a decade or more to yield fruit. "I think Miers is a punching bag meant to strengthen the backs and spines of the GOP, in order to get ready for a big match," writes the Anchoress in a recent blog entry. Previously she suggested Bush's hidden plan is based on an imminent third Supreme Court Vacancy. "Stevens is ancient. ANCIENT. And Bader-Ginsberg is reputedly unwell. Breyer may keel over from sheer boringness!" "Believe that something greater than yourself is at work, that there are things seen and unseen, and that more is at work here than we know. Sometimes things happen that are not so easy to comprehend, at first." Along a similar vein, Beth lays the strategy out here. On the other side of the fence are bloggers, such as Professor Bainbridge, who consider the stakes too high for compromise. Oppose the nomination? Yes! He writes, "This is a fight we can afford. It's the right fight. Those of us who oppose Miers need to keep on fighting." Michelle Malkin is holding back, conserving energy and laying off the Harriet Miers nomination for a "brief spell". She'll be back. A Certain Slant of Light calls the President to pull Miers from "the game." Among conservatives, William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard, and the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue called for Bush to withdraw the Miers nomination. Former federal judge Robert Bork - whose nomination to the Supreme Court the Senate rejected in 1987 - described the choice of Miers as "a disaster on every level." There is also Charles (Withdraw This Nominee) Krauthammer. One issue the "Rebel Alliance" faces is a formidable opponent whose nominee is likely to gain the support of Democrats. Captain Ed comments, "Forcing a showdown with a President who has stared down Putin, Chirac, Saddam Hussein, the UN, and Tom Daschle wastes time and political capital, especially when he holds all the cards. He will get Miers on the bench, and probably on a voice vote on the floor of the Senate."Many are calling on conservatives to wait, to give Bush's nominee the benefit of the doubt. Joe Carter writes, "While I still think that Hugh is overselling the case for Miers, I think he may be justified in giving the President the benefit of the doubt." But the concern with Miers is not that we know she won't be a conservative, it's that we don't have a strong basis for thinking that she will be.... We're disappointed because we expected not to be agnostic about a Bush Supreme Court nominee's conservatism.From a pro-lfe perspective we see a similar issue given the sparse yet contradictory informaton about Miers' stand on the sanctity of life. A former campaign manager says she opposed abortion while running for Dallas City Council in 1989 and was on the extreme end of the pro-life movement (more here). She also garnered the support of several national pro-life leaders including Jay Sekulow and James Dobson. And, a good friend and Texas Supreme Court Judge, Nathan Hecht, as well as her pastor have presented her as pro-life. Much speculation concerns why Ms. Miers, as president of the Texas State Bar in 1993, urged American Bar Association execs not to decree a pro-choice position but to put the abortion issue to a referendum of the group's full membership. Judge Ed Kinkeade sees that as evidence of her pro-life beliefs: "Why's she going to take on that fight otherwise? Didn't help her politically." According to Kyleen Wright at Texans for Life, Harriet Miers gave $150 to the organization — then known as Texans United for Life — in 1989. Miers was a bronze patron for their annual dinner in which Henry Hyde was the keynote speaker. She was listed in the program as a bronze sponsor. So what's the problem? To start with, see Paul Deignan (info theory) here, here and here. Among the issues he raises are the Bush Administration's consideration of pro-abortion Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales as a possible candidate for the Supreme Court and Miers' 1989 contribution to Al Gore's campaign. Family Research Center reports that The Chronicle of Higher Education published a story that spoke of Miers "playing a key role" in the late 1990s in establishing the Louise B. Raggio lectureship at Southern Methodist University, Miss Miers' alma mater. Among those tapped to enlighten young law students were Gloria Steinem, founder of Ms. Magazine and a veteran campaigner for liberal abortion laws. Operation Rescue President Troy Newman said, "As more influential conservatives are recognizing Harriet Miers to be the wrong person for the Supreme Court, we once again call upon her to give evidence of her sound conservative judicial philosophy or withdraw her name from the confirmation process." Right Wing Agenda concludes, The point is we expected President Bush to nominate a no-compromise, unapologetic strict constructionist justice. Miers does not qualify under this vigorous standard; no one knows what she is!
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Tim, 1) I hope you're not going around spamming everyone's sites with just a link. That is, as far as I'm concerned, spam. I'm pretty sure you didn't even read the post, because this did not address it, nor did you even bother to leave any comment other than dropping a link. I will be looking around other sites now to see how many other places you left it.
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I suggest you take some time to consider who the recipient of your spammy "comment" is, because I have a lot of admiration for women like Miers and Raggio due to their breaking ground for women in the workplace. Gloria Steinem? No, but her work decades ago DID do some good. I guess it's something ONLY A WOMAN could appreciate. Nice try. I suppose this is just the latest DESPERATE attempt to divide the GOP--making Miers out to be a left-wing feminist. And I'll bet you whined when some have called her opponents "sexist." Well, THIS certainly proves some of you are. Stay away from my blog. Forever.
EEEK! I see that looks like I directed the last part of the comment towards you! To clarify: the entire text below the first "------" was what I emailed to the spammer! (I say spammer because he just left a link in comments, without even reading the post or commenting in any way, and the link wasn't even to his own site.) A thousand apologies for any misunderstandings! Please NEVER stay away from my blog! :-D xoxoxoxo! |
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