The whole idea of putting someone with no judicial experience on the Supreme Court is just fucked. Get ready, though...she's going to do the Roberts Shuffle. And there ain't a damn thing you can do about it...but refuse to confirm her, period. You cannot tell me you can't find a more qualified woman, or man, or whatever the fuck the burr is under your saddle.
Longtime Confidante of Bush Has Never Been a Judge
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
President Bush nominated Harriet E. Miers, the White House counsel, as his choice to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor this morning, his second nominee for the Supreme Court in the past two and half months.
Ms. Miers, 60, a longtime confidant of the president's, has never been a judge, and therefore lacks a long history of judicial rulings that could reveal ideological tendencies. Her positions on such ideologically charged issues as abortion and affirmative action are not clear.
Many of President Bush's allies had lobbied the president to choose a conservative justice to replace Justice O'Connor, a key swing vote on the court, in order to place a conservative stamp on the court for years to come. Democrats in the Senate however, have warned that a conservative pick to replace a moderate justice would lead to a drawn-out partisan battle.
In making the announcement at the White House, Mr. Bush said of Ms. Miers, "She has devoted her life to the rule of law and the cause of justice." He added that Ms. Miers, "will not legislate from the bench."
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