Monday, October 03, 2005

Bush's Second Pick: Far worse the Roberts can ever be

Bush didn't take too much time before making his second pick for Supreme Court Justice, although it seemed to be a stealth (I only found out about it through another blog) anouncement. Harriet Miers was chosen to replace Sandra Day O’Connor's position on the court.
The early impressions that I have been getting (although few in number) isn't that good though. Going to MSNBC, today's poll (here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080261/#survey) actually says that Miers hasn't even been on any bench, just a lawyer in the state of Texas.
I suspect that this type of choice is due to the new Bork rule: don't tell congress anything when questioned. If they don't have a background in judicial rulings, they can deny everything.
What conserns me is that she is a Bush loyalist, I fear more so then Roberts (see post: http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2005/10/harriet_miers_b.html).
I don't mind seeing a woman being put into the post, but I do mind her qualifications. As it is, she may belong on a lower court, but not the Supreme Court. Just considering the information that was given on MSNBC's poll, I'm sure that at least a few Republicans will have no choice but to vote against this nomination.

UPDATE: I just read most of the ABCNews profile on Miers (here: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/SupremeCourt/story?id=1170572&page=1). It has told much of what I have suspected.

"Miers, who has never been married and does not have children, is known for putting in long hours. Miers has less of a paper trail than Chief Justice John Roberts, who was easily confirmed by the Senate last week. She has never been a judge and has not given many speeches that reveal her own emotions or ideology."

However, ABCNews got enough info for the next paragraph, which is telling of what her direction will be.

"However, she has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Bush administration on a broad number of initiatives, including tax cuts, Social Security reforms, restrictions on federal spending on embryonic stem-cell research, national security, education reforms and fighting terrorism. While active in the American Bar Association in late 1990s, she was a leader of an unsuccessful movement to get the organization to rescind its pro-choice positions and support for taxpayer-funded abortion for poor women."

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