Which Message/Which Nomination?
This Wall Street Journal piece (also referenced at Professor Bainbridge) notes that:
The lesson this nomination in particular will send to younger lawyers is to keep your opinions to yourself, don't join the Federalist Society, and, heaven forbid, never write an op-ed piece.
Really? More than the John Roberts nomination?
The lesson this nomination in particular will send to younger lawyers is to keep your opinions to yourself, don't join the Federalist Society, and, heaven forbid, never write an op-ed piece.
Really? More than the John Roberts nomination?
posted by Carol Platt Liebau at 4:25 PM
5 Comments:
Just silly...her career was simply not one that lent itself to getting "on the record>"
During his press conference today, President Bush said about Harriet Miers, "I picked the best person I could find." To all you conservative judges out there here is your slap in the face. Harriet Miers is the best person President Bush could find for the job. That is the message the President wanted to deliver personally.
Mr. Twister: I agree that statement clanged a little when it rang out from POTUS. I'd emphasize the "I could find" part--Ms. Miers was the one searching. Maybe she threw off the others so that she was all he "could" find.
His statement jarred on me too, still does, but I think the problem, as often with W, is that he isn't very good at choosing his words in this kind of context.
Is she the best "athlete still on the Board?" , to use the NFL draft analogy. No way. Is she the best person to get a solid conservative on the court without a fight, to add some badly needed, different experience in a way he trusts, to contribute to building the best possible Supreme Court? He's saying she is the best person for the job, as he sees the whole picture. And I don't doubt it.
He may be wrong. Only time will tell.
ruth anne adams wrote, Ms. Miers was the one searching. Maybe she threw off the others so that she was all he "could" find.
The script writes itself...
Cheney: Harriet, just tell him you've examined all the possibilities, and you're the best person for the job.
Miers: He would never believe that.
Cheney: Hey, it worked for me.
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