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October 03, 2005

The Anchoress Defends The Miers Nomination

She also notes that Miers says pretty much exactly what judiciary-conservatives want to hear most:

I have always had a great respect and admiration for the genius that inspired our Constitution and our system of government...
The wisdom of those who drafted our constitution and conceived our nation as functioning with three strong and independent branches have proven truly remarkable. It is the responsibility of every generation to be true to the founders’ vision of the proper role of the courts in our society. If confirmed, I recognize that I will have a tremendous responsibility to keep our judicial system strong, and to help ensure that the courts meet their obligations to strictly apply the laws and the Constitution.

I don't know. Yes, it's fine rhetoric, but I could see a liberal like Souter saying the same sort of thing. It's easy to agree with a general proposition. As they say, God, or the Devil, is in the details.

One criticism I find a little weak is that she has no prior judicial experience. And, um, so what? She's a lawyer. A lawyer knows the law as well as a judge does. And in some cases, even better; after all, the judge mainly just reads the briefs of the litigants to get a handle on the laws he'll be interpreting. To the extend he does his own research, well, that's really mostly his clerks doing the research.

I would imagine that most good lawyers are better informed about the law in a particular case than the judge ruling on the various issues. Lawyers have a big financial interest in winning. Judges are just looking to not be overruled, so they can be promoted. That's an interest too, I guess, but the idea that judges are somehow "super-lawyers" is just silly. Judges are just lawyers who get to sit on a bench and make decisions rather than making arguments.

And I rather think that extensive time as a judge would bring one closer into the default judicial "mainstream," which is Warren-court liberalism.

Still, I'm not happy about this nomination.

posted by Ace at 02:44 PM

Comments

She supported the ICC.

THE ICC.

I don't see how you can support her after that, if that support was serious.

Posted by: Russell Wardlow on October 3, 2005 02:46 PM

Like Roberts, a lot of things she says are "great, if s/he means it."

Why can't Bush give us a nominee who we all know, without the slightest hesitation, means it?

Posted by: Sobek on October 3, 2005 02:48 PM

She is also not a good choice when it comes to my pet amendment, the second. She was an ardent supporter of "Project Safe Neighborhoods", so I don't see how she can reconcile courts meet their obligations to strictly apply the laws and the Constitution with shall not be infringed.

Posted by: Brass on October 3, 2005 02:58 PM

the idea that judges are somehow "super-lawyers" is just silly.

Thank you!

Posted by: on October 3, 2005 03:24 PM

The reason you see the conservatives losing their minds is that this might be the last chance Bush gets to nominate a person to the SC. They wanted a ROCK-RIB CONSERVATIVE, so as to get revenge for Bork. They see Miers as a Cipher, the only person who really knows anything about her is Bush, the conservatives are being expected to go along on faith in Bush and nothing more. The conservatives really wanted an armegedon showdown with the dems that a brown, alito, lutttig would have produced.

Posted by: Radical Centrist on October 3, 2005 03:34 PM

She was a commercial lawyer. Very few public law issues. If she were doing Supreme Court appeals like Roberts... That's another story.

Posted by: someone on October 3, 2005 03:47 PM

She's being nominated for the best judge job in the world. She's never been a judge. But hey, she's been a lawyer which is like being a judge except, you know, isn't.

Maybe when the MLB is choosing umpires for the World Series they should first check out what minor league baseball players are available.

Posted by: Planet Moron on October 3, 2005 04:19 PM

Feinstein said she didn't see any negatives yet.

That alone gives me the creeps. I demand a nominee who sends the likes of Feinstein to the emergency room having seizures.

When her and Schumer are on the floor twitching and pissing themselves like a decapitated possum, THEN and ONLY THEN will we know we've got the right person for the job.

Posted by: Purple Avenger on October 3, 2005 04:33 PM

Did you know you're a poet, P.A.??

Posted by: lauraw on October 3, 2005 05:15 PM

I don't know. Yes, it's fine rhetoric, but I could see a liberal like Souter saying the same sort of thing. It's easy to agree with a general proposition. As they say, God, or the Devil, is in the details.

Did he?

Posted by: h0mi on October 3, 2005 06:09 PM

They wanted a ROCK-RIB CONSERVATIVE, so as to get revenge for Bork.

Is that why Bork was nominated too? Nonsense on stilts.

Posted by: VRWC Agent on October 3, 2005 06:51 PM

She's being nominated for the best judge job in the world. She's never been a judge But hey, she's been a lawyer which is like being a judge except, you know, isn't.

So where do you think judges come from? The stork brings them? Or maybe you like Judge Judy's credentials because, like, she's a judge and all.

P.S. Your planet is calling and wants to know when you're coming home.

Posted by: BrewFan on October 3, 2005 07:02 PM

There's no requirement for a SCOTUS judge to even be a lawyer.

Indeed, I suspect having that indoctrination may even be a detriment when it comes to reading plain words.

Posted by: Tony on October 3, 2005 07:09 PM

Supreme Court judges usually spend some time on lower courts first. Lower court judges usually spend some time as lawyers first. And lawyers usually spend some time as humans first.

Posted by: Planet Moron on October 3, 2005 09:28 PM

Don't you just hate it when you bait somebody and they comeback all reasonable and stuff. And make a funnier joke then yours, too! Sheesh. What a day.

Posted by: BrewFan on October 3, 2005 10:24 PM

Did you know you're a poet, P.A.??

Well, maybe you're a poet, Purple Avenger.

But to be sure, I want you to answer a question, and I want you to answer honestly, from the bottom of your heart.

Take your time. Search your soul. This is a serious question.

Here it is:

Have you ever chanced some spring awakening?

Posted by: Michael on October 4, 2005 10:54 PM

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