And The Next Nominee for SCOTUS Is...

[The Emperor Fabulous]

A few things:

Opposition by Conservatives

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 3 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Public Advocate President Eugene Delgaudio has issued the following statement following the appointment of Harriet Miers to serve on the Supreme Court.

"The President's nomination of Miers is a betrayal of the conservative, pro-family voters whose support put Bush in the White House in both the 2000 and 2004 elections and who were promised Supreme Court appointments in the mold of Thomas and Scalia. Instead we were given 'stealth nominees,' who have never ruled on controversial issues, more in the mold of the disastrous choice of David Souter by this President's father.

"When there are so many proven judges in the mix, it is unacceptable this President has appointed a political crony with no conservative credentials. This attempt at 'Bush Packing' the Supreme Court must not be allowed to pass the Senate and we will forcefully oppose this nomination."

I worked with Harriet Miers. She's a lovely person: intelligent, honest, capable, loyal, discreet, dedicated ... I could pile on the praise all morning. But there is no reason at all to believe either that she is a legal conservative or - and more importantly - that she has the spine and steel necessary to resist the pressures that constantly bend the American legal system toward the left.

I am not saying that she is not a legal conservative. I am not saying that she is not steely. I am saying only that there is no good reason to believe either of these things. Not even her closest associates on the job have no good reason to believe either of these things. In other words, we are being asked by this president to take this appointment purely on trust, without any independent reason to support it. And that is not a request conservatives can safely grant.

http://frum.nationalreview.com/

From Drudge

On a conference call this morning, former RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie admitted sheepishly that Miers was a Democrat througout the 1980s; asked specifically about the Gore contribution, Gillespie said that she was a 'conservative' democrat who later became a republican...

[Sava]

I must admit... I like that the fanatics don't like her

but still, my gut tells me that Bush wouldn't be nominating her if he didn't know she was in his pocket

[DanS]

Public Advocate President Eugene Delgaudio has issued the following statement

Who's he? News wires are pretty inexpensive nowadays.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Apparently conservatives are pissed. It seems that Bush negotiated with the Dems on this pick.

Just what I've heard though.

He kind of had to with the centrist 14 forming an anti-extremism block. The seven Dems kept their end of the bargin and voted for Roberts so if Bush had sent up the kind of nominee which would have made the religious right happy the 7 Repubs would have had to join the Democrats on killing that nominee.

Personally, I love these bipartisan centrist coalitions since they force both parties to move to the center.

[Edan]

Reid had personally recommended that Bush consider Miers for nomination, according to several sources familiar with the president's consultations with individual senators. Of equal importance as the White House maps its confirmation campaign is that the Nevada Democrat had warned Bush that the selection of any of several other contenders could trigger a bruising partisan struggle.

link

[OzzyKP]

You've got to give Bush some mad props for nominating the court's first space alien to the high bench:



Her eyes are seriously creepy.

After a spectral analysis, her true form emerges. *gasp*!

[Sava]

Ozzy

[ajbera]

My god, she looks like a ventriloquist's dummy in that picture. Hell, I suppose many folks suspect that's what she really is.

[Zkribbler]

I think she's the least worst we Dems could have hoped for.

She's not a ultraconservative witch from Hell, so the Dems won't have to filibuster and the Republicans won't have to trigger the nuclear option.

She's 60, so she won't be around forever. By the time she retires, we Dems will finally, finally have someone in the White House.

She's suffered some anti-female discrmination as a young lawyer, and she's done some ground breaking work (first female President of the Bar Assns of Dallas and Texas), so she'll probably continued O'Conner's sensitivity to women's issues.

[Ramo]

Reid's statement:

“I like Harriet Miers. As White House Counsel, she has worked with me in a courteous and professional manner. I am also impressed with the fact that she was a trailblazer for women as managing partner of a major Dallas law firm and as the first woman president of the Texas Bar Association. “In my view, the Supreme Court would benefit from the addition of a justice who has real experience as a practicing lawyer. The current justices have all been chosen from the lower federal courts. A nominee with relevant non-judicial experience would bring a different and useful perspective to the Court. “I look forward to the Judiciary Committee process which will help the American people learn more about Harriet Miers, and help the Senate determine whether she deserves a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court.”

Apparantly, Schumer's supportive as well. Both Reid and Schumer voted against Roberts.

Can't wait to see folks like Santorum, Coburn, Brownback, etc. try to defeat her.

[Dinner]

I'm shocked to see that Bush nominated such a main stream candidate that she seems to be greeted by everyone but the extremists. If this is a result of the two parties working together in order to assure a smooth nomination process then I hope we see more of such cooperation.

[Q Classic]

Miers

Yet another reason why I'm seriously considering becoming an expatriate. It makes me so proud to be live in a country where Blind Loyalty and Faith trump Merit.

[ixnay]

http://www.tnr.com/etc.mhtml?pid=2832

Well then.

For instance, she apparently submitted the following report to the ABA's House of Delegates. Here are two of the report's recommendations:

Supports the enactment of laws and public policy which provide that sexual orientation shall not be a bar to adoption when the adoption is determined to be in the best interest of the child. ...

Recommends the development and establishment of an International Criminal Court.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Agathon
Most people are daft.

And then you go and prove your point with your posts

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
She's 60, so she won't be around forever. By the time she retires, we Dems will finally, finally have someone in the White House.

Ah, one of those silly glass half-full people.