13 thoughts on “a heckuva job”

1. The best candidate to replace Justice O’Connor is somebody who has never spent a day in her life as a judge. That’s just plain insulting, is what that is. To Ms. O’Connor, as well as to the American people.

2. You said it, Wolfger! I can’t believe there’s not some rule requiring a Supreme Court Justice to have actual experience as a judge! Maybe the founding fathers counted on future generations having common sense. Too bad the majority of American people didn’t exhibit some common sense last November.

3. It’s happened before. It’s happened several times. Rehnquist never served as a judge until he was elected to the Supreme Court. He was the Assistant Attorney General under Nixon. I’ve heard that some other big-names weren’t justices prior to appointment. And the conservatives are the ones who are being pointed out as being cautious-kinda weird.

4. Well, really at this point I’m not surprised by anything from the Bush Administration. I mean, you could tell me that they spent 10 billion on bioengineering cat DNA so that all kittens would be born ugly. And to that, I would not be surprised. Just saying.
   And yes, Buffy, season 6 ROCKS! (sorry.. just a little aside to an earlier post)

5. I posted on this topic today, too. I am no Bush supporter, but his opponents are going to have to do better than label this nomination as cronyism. And as for prior experience as a judge being a requirement for serving on the Supreme Court, there is a *long* list of Justices who had never been judges. If this nominee needs to be defeated — maybe she does and maybe she doesn’t — let’s find something really relevant. Let’s not just oppose everything Bush says or does and expect that to be worth anything. The discussion needs to be intelligent, not just noisy.

6. Wasn’t Dick Cheney responsible for selecting Bush’s running mate in 2000? It seems to be a test for office. Give a person the responsibility of selecting someone for a post and see if they are smart enough to select themselves. How else would one find people who will put their own self interest above that of the country?
   That being said, I think she is probably as qualified as anyone to serve as a SCJ.

7. I’m not a big Bush-supporter either, but I don’t think it’s prudent to automatically assume anyone Bush wants in is going to be a bad choice. If you’re a Republican (at the least), you’d have to kind of admit that he’s surrounded himself with a real braintrust (even if many are all friends of the family and/or served under his dad). And I think it’s interesting that he nominated Roberts (whom the right-wing seemed to like a lot), then turned around and picked another person whom the right-wing does NOT seem too thrilled about. Strange as it may sound, he may actually be trying to balance out the court. Like I said, strange as it may sound. I don’t believe it, either. 😉

8. To answer the question in the entry: 1.
   Thankyouverymuch.

9. And just how did that conversation go with Miss Miers since she is the one in charge of the screening the process?
   “Mr. President, after much consideration of all the qualified candidates, I feel I am the one who will best fit this esteemed position. Clearly, I have the credentials to back this decision and not to mention I am a close of ‘the president’. I am a shoo in for this vote!”

10. Ooops… the missing word from the next to last sentence in my last post should obviously be ‘crony’.
    Sorry for the typo folks.

11. Would you still be offended if Bush nominated Hilary Clinton?
    The President has the power to nominate anyone he wants. There are no conditions that they be qualified or have previous experience. George Washington believed that the president had complete power to appoint judges and the senate was only to advise him. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advice_and_consent
    This is politics, you must always keep your eye to the future. Bush’s term will soon be over. What’s next for the presidental race? Who is in position among the Republicans and who among the Democrats can step forward?
    Would you be thrilled for Hilary to have a lifelong appointment in the Supreme Court or furious that the Democrat’s best presidential candidate was out of the race?

12. If you want insightful, intelligent and useful political commentary, Wil’s blog is not the place (be it the normal or exile versions). I am a big fan of Wil’s, but I learned a while back that in order to enjoy his site, I would have to ignore the political commentary he posts, as well as most of the comments written by his readers. When a person gets that far to either side of the political spectrum, they lose objectivity, and generally fall into “guilt by association” mode.

13. i am saddended by his choice because he actually didnt do to bad with roberts… at least roberts was confirmed rather rapidly. how do you confirm a judge who isnt a judge? what history can we use as a guide to say what kind of judgements she will make in the future? can she be confirmed? and really… does more than about 2% of the american public really care?

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