Turley: Miers an “Amazingly Bad Choice”
Turley: Miers an “Amazingly Bad Choice”
George Washington University Professor Jonathan Turley shares his views about the Myers selection:
Transcript below:
COURIC: Now let’s turn to Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law school professor. Jonathan, good morning. I understand you believe most academics will not be supporting this selection. Why?
TURLEY: Quite frankly, I think this is an amazingly bad choice for the Supreme Court. No one would put Harriet Miers on the list for the Supreme Court. She just doesn’t have the resume for it. I don’t mean to be cruel, but this is a time where we have to be frank. The Supreme Court is a court that effects the lives of all Americans. Her background says very little to qualify her for that type of nomination, being the head of the Texas lottery or in the Dallas City Council are not the type of credentials that you look for. The last time we saw something like this was before this when Lyndon Johnson selected his attorney that represented him in an election dispute. But Abe Fortis who taught at Yale Law School was one of the best appellate at attorneys of his age. Harriet Miers doesn’t have that background.
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Uh, as a GWU grad, I can affirmatively say that the name of the school is “George Washington University.”
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:14 amHarriet Miers thinks George Bush is brilliant. Anyone with an IQ low enough to consider Bush brilliant does not have an IQ high enough to FIND the Supreme Court.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:18 am“She [Miers] once told me that the president was the most brilliant man she had ever met”
ROFLMAO!!!
Well, I’ve always thought my Boston fern was pretty darn sharp too.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:20 amThanks for correcting the mnistake.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:25 amApparently President Bush learned nothing from the Michael Brown fiasco… Harriet Miers is another crony with no comparable prior experience… Some have called Bush the first CEO president… If that’s the case, he should follow the legitimate corporate hiring model: Interview a lot of candidates, find the best qualified one, then hire him/her… By choosing lackeys, Bush does a disservice to everyone in the company…
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:26 amWhat I am hearing is that the Republicans need someone who is a bad choice. That this person will then unite the Republican Leadership so that they join forces against the Democrats. That the Republican party is so scattered right now, tha they will need a big fight to bring the Leadership back into line and this will be perfect.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:27 am#5 I know this is going to get me in trouble with the PC crowd, but he did use the CEO hiring model. He interviewed all of them, then hired the one with the bit t**s. (I think I will retire my screen name now and duck).
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:30 amyankeluh,
It’s only worthy of contempt if it isn’t true. I think you’re ok :)
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:33 amThanks for pointing it out.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:33 am#6 if that was the case, they should have picked somebody the red’s would like and the blue’s would hate. instead he’s picked someone nobody is happy with.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:35 amI mean, it seems pretty obvious what is going on. The white house has been told a conservative nomination will start, “an all out war.” What can be fought over if there are no past rulings to judge whether this person is conservative or not?
I’m not totally convinced this strategy will work, I think the person who mentioned, “Bush learned nothing from the Michael Brown fiasco…” is dead on, and that is the approach, we the progressive nation, need to push on the media to cover.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:45 amMiers is the absolutely worst pick since the beginning of this great land.
She is a political hack, and a crony of the shrub. She covered up his national guard absence, spending millions of donated funds to do so.
She is for big business, against abortion, against civil rights, against clean air and environment. And further, anyone who practiced law with Belli/Choulos has got to be one of the biggest crooks in the nation.
Her only qualification for the bench is that she is a friend of the shrub. This is enough for the wingnuts.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:48 amThe transcript here, while substantially correct, does not exactly agree verbatim with what’s actually said in the video. Someone might want to listen to it a little more carefully and correct it.
Oh, and while I’m being nitpicky, the word you want is “affect,” not “effect”. To affect means to influence or change something. “Effect” is usually a noun; as a verb, it means to put something into effect. E.g. The Bush administration effected martial law in 1997, which adversely affected the lives of citizens.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:50 amI think it’s simpler than that. Co-presidents Cheney & Rove want a woman to give the news story warmth & fuzziness, and they want another Clarence Thomas, so there will be only 7 thinking justices plus 2 automatic votes to agree with Scalia.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:53 am“Her only qualification for the bench is that she is a friend of the shrub. This is enough for the wingnuts.”
Except that it doesn’t seem to be enough for them from what I’ve seen. The tone in some places seems to be
“Damn it W! We’ve been putting up with your nonsense,
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:56 ambiding our time waiting for this moment and THIS is what you give us???”
Hey Pablo in Mexico, Why should you care? How about working on problems in your own country, or is that what you were doing. If so “Good Job”, but we’ll handle here, OK.
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:04 amMiers may be the sacrificial lamb – the token female Bush felt obligated to appoint, but who may not even make it out of commitee. That will pave the way for the “real” appointee, who may be someone even worse; once Miers has been kicked to the curb, the committee may feel obligated to send the next appointee on to the full Senate. Unless, of course, the appointee is someone like Alberto Gonzales, and then the fireworks will take place within the GOP.
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:13 amMass Liberal in #14.
Warma and fuzzy? Did you get a load of the pictures of Miers? She looks as if she just spent the weekend boozing and smoking unfiltered camels with Lynn Cheney and Chris Hitchens. Warm and fuzzy she is not.
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:14 amMiers=Mrs. Michael Brown.
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:14 amJust watched the video of Bush nominating Harry-O. The first thing I noted was the chesire cat smile. Then “simpering” came to mind. Finally there was that adoring “I’ll follow you anywhere” gaze. My God! It’s one of Bush’s most simple-minded adoring fans!
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:46 amNow as White House Counsel–does she counsel Rove and Libby and Safavian. I would love to have been a fly on the wall during “counselling sessions” involving Valerie Plame.
#21 Bf – start with the Texas State lottery scandal, and the Bush National Guard coverup.
October 3rd, 2005 at 12:11 pm#16 – POTTER
What is your problem. I am an American living in Mexico. I use the name Pablo because my name is Paul.
I vote in every election. So – what is your problem?
October 3rd, 2005 at 12:14 pmHey Pablo in Mexico, Why should you care? How about working on problems in your own country, or is that what you were doing. If so “Good Jobâ€, but we’ll handle here, OK.
So people in one country shouldn’t care about the government of another country? Please tell us MORE!
October 3rd, 2005 at 12:35 pmHas anyone seen her blue dress lately? The one with the spots!
October 3rd, 2005 at 12:42 pmOddly, in a court room, when neither the prosecution or defense is happy with the judge’s verdict, the judge is content that his/her ruling was perfect. This, of course, is not one of those cases, but I thought quite ironic.
October 3rd, 2005 at 12:47 pmPotter – your approach to Pablo was uncalled for, don’t you think? This site is for progressive people and progressive ideas for the future. The future includes everyone of all nations and we should be VERY THANKFUL to hear others’ opinions from all over the world. We are not in a vaccuum and are one universe of many people.
I don’t mean to get on you too hard, and if I am, I am sorry. I am just so impressed that we get to communicate instantaneously to so many everywhere. Every country should care about a super power being ruled by someone with very little intelligence and basically no compassion for others. They, possibly, should be even more worried about our current situation.
Pablo, I know you are an American, but for all of those ‘across the pond’ or from Australia, or from Canada or from anywhere, THANK YOU for posting and I, in particular, value your opinions. We can become one here.
I DO NOT want to discourage others from posting AT ALL. I am very lucky to know these folks and
October 3rd, 2005 at 12:57 pmWhile we’re correcting, can we note that you “affect” the lives of people, you don’t “effect” them?
(Sigh… I’m fairly sure I applied for a copy editor position with CAFP a while ago. Oh well.)
October 3rd, 2005 at 12:58 pmwell, PP…a wonderfully heartfelt post above (27)…too bad though…so indicative of one problem with progressives – you were WAY too nice to “Potter”…he was being a jerk and his comment WAS “uncalled for”, no question…you were NOT “too hard” on him and did not need to apologize; i’m sure all of that went way over his head anyway, offensive, racist troll that he is…
October 3rd, 2005 at 1:19 pmPablo, I always enjoy your comments and observations…don’t let the trolls get to you!
on point: a white house council to one of the most corrupt administrations ever as supreme court nominee…”amazingly bad choice” indeed……..
“I will bring honor and integrity back to The White House.” Guess who said that? C’mon, play along, you know the answer.
October 3rd, 2005 at 1:38 pmOuch! Man, that hurt and I don’t even like the president.
October 3rd, 2005 at 2:01 pmThanks, Katy. I don’t mind being the bigger guy.
October 3rd, 2005 at 2:18 pmMiers And More
Mostly chatter from the left and right about the new Supreme Court nominee. But there’s some info on Iraq and much more.
October 3rd, 2005 at 3:08 pmLoyalty to the King. Loyalty to the King.
October 3rd, 2005 at 3:27 pmThat’s all that counts now – Loyalty. How much did she cover up over the years? More than we will ever know. SCOTUS, SCHMOTUS — he doesn’t care — she’s a Bush-lover.
He thinks all his sycophants are “fabulous” do you notice — he always says that.
Plus, Roberts “is a gentleman” will he say Miers “is a lady.” Those are damn good qualifications!
Plus they’re fabulous. What more do we want?
KLEPPE – P&P – KATY
Thanks a million for the defensive responses to Potter. No, these trolls are not going to get me down, in fact I like to read their ignorant posts. But at times they are a little bit too much, too much over the edge, too shallow minded to mess with. They dont thinks with their brains, just their fingers.
Again, thank you all.
October 3rd, 2005 at 3:36 pm“Pablo, I know you are an American, but for all of those ‘across the pond’ or from Australia, or from Canada or from anywhere, THANK YOU for posting and I, in particular, value your opinions. We can become one here.” – Progressive and Proud
I know Paul from Mexico is an American – probably retired there to stretch his tiny retirement income after he got screwed (or ruined ) by some evil, greedy, corrupt, multi-national corporation (aren’t they all??). But when I read the big group hug “we can become one here,” I laughed sooo hard, I was crying. Kumbaya!!!! Ohmmmmmmmmmm…..
October 3rd, 2005 at 4:43 pmJay in #18,
Hot & raspy?
October 3rd, 2005 at 5:14 pmMA,
Why don’t you move to israel to stretch out your radical zionists and kill a few palestinians. We know you want to! I remember you ‘laughing’ at them dying the other day – you’re clearly more suited to that world of 3rd world violence than one of western civilization…
October 3rd, 2005 at 5:39 pmVery telling when someone hates sincerity and graciousness. This is why I distance myself from the unkind and, well, apparently, undead.
October 3rd, 2005 at 5:41 pmOr maybe Aphro, you are just a little jealous because you have no group hugs. Don’t hate us because we are lovely people; just go away back to your impish, ugly hateful cohorts. Bye now.
October 3rd, 2005 at 5:42 pmRyan is right, Aphro, you don’t belong here – on this board or in this country. You are who Al Queda comes from. The way you conduct yourself, the way you feel about others and the way you react to fellow citizens -you are no different. You, my fellow American ARE Al Queda and YOU are extremism. YOU are what we are at war against and can’t even tell. Whatta joke.
October 3rd, 2005 at 5:47 pmI am truely diappointed he did not not take this opportunity to nominate a truly qualified woman like Greta Van Sustren, or maybe Paris Hilton or maybe his mom, or best of all both of the “twins” as a two in one package. Remember, George? When you used to sit around drinking Bud and doing bong hits and watchin’ Hollywood Squares on the TV in the morning?
October 3rd, 2005 at 6:10 pm#41 – P&P – Your intolerance is intolerable!!! Didn’t “reichwingers” shout “love it or leave it”… when…back in the 70’s????? Better take your retro “flower power” off the Prius – and scrub those Birkenstocks – it’s dating you! What’s next macrame – “make love not war”, “share your bong with a fellow traveller”, “Hey hey, ho ho, George W. Bush has got to go”?? I like sincerity in my hugs – and a little deodorant. Peace, love, dove and visualize whirled peas.
October 3rd, 2005 at 6:13 pmP&P – “Sincerity and graciousness”? How about condescending and nauseating? TYPICAL PROGRESSIVE!!!
October 3rd, 2005 at 6:15 pmYour jealousy is rearing its ugly head. That little green monster, eh? And you are, again, wrong. My sentiment does not date me. You, as I am sure you do VERY often, have misjudged. I was not born in the 60s. Making fun of someone is a form of flattery. Didn’t your mommy tell you that? I work at a law firm and do not wear Birks. You couldn’t judge traffic court. But it is funny to watch you try.
October 3rd, 2005 at 6:20 pmBTW your writing is tre elegant.
October 3rd, 2005 at 6:21 pmI hate everybody – typical redcoat.
October 3rd, 2005 at 6:25 pmWow, you hand wringing, blubbering, feel good liberals sure are a testy bunch. Yeah, let’s be sure to get opinions from a sufficient number of people in every country possible. Then we can form an opinion that is globally sound. The Real American values of our founding fathers are being diluted by trying to get everyone in the world involved. I do think they (the world) should be watching and listening to us, but I don’t think they will ever understand us. As for me, I don’t want anyone bothering me and I won’t bother anyone else either. I like guns. If you don’t like guns, don’t get one. If you don’t want me to have one, too bad, none of your business. I like the death penalty, (it should be enforced and carried out within 90 days) If you don’t like the death penalty, then behave yourself. I believe Abortionns are murder under most circumstances. I don’t smoke, but I think most no smoking laws wrong. I think cell phones are fine and don’t cause accidends. I think most people have good intentions, but are generally closed minded and don’t mind being followers.
October 3rd, 2005 at 6:36 pm“I like sincerity in my hugs – and a little deodorant. Peace, love, dove and visualize whirled peas.”MightyWindbag
I expect nothing less than war, hatred and treason from a terrorist like you. Move to Iran, Israel or North Korea where you and your reichwing friends all belong…
October 3rd, 2005 at 7:32 pmOnce you crack the code, from the Bushian POV Meiers is the best pick because it’s so destructive. The idea is to rot the system from the inside out.
October 3rd, 2005 at 7:39 pmI think mighty asphrodite is actually Ann Coulter, another moron who thinks Chimpy is a genius..How can these people breath without instructions?
October 3rd, 2005 at 7:56 pmMighty Aphrodite- Do you think Miers is a good choice for the Supreme Court? If so, why? (She doesn’t seem qualified to me)
October 3rd, 2005 at 7:58 pmTo Potter, I once had a debate with a repug who thought anyone’s opinion outside the US didn’t matter and that people in the rest of the world were second class citizens! Then when he couldn’t “debate” (he was losing)on a logical basis he went out and key’d my car!
October 3rd, 2005 at 8:01 pmThat is about as close to facism as you can get without killing.
You kinda sound like a facist…look in the mirror lately?
And the founding fathers were among others, British!
October 3rd, 2005 at 8:11 pmYou say abortion is murder, then support the death penalty! Geeez, I just broke my keyboard!
P.S. And if Bush bit the heads off of baby rabbits, and said that satan was the true God, then would you think hes no good, or would you say bunnies are amasingly tasty, and we should think more about this God thing…?
October 3rd, 2005 at 8:15 pmThis nominee is right in the mold of Clarence Thomas. She will be a justice that will fall in line behind Roberts. Bush views the SC as a corporate board. Roberts is the board president, and Thomas, Scalia, Kennedy and Miers can be the yes-men.
October 3rd, 2005 at 8:34 pmThis incompetent empty pantsuit helped Dubya deep-six the fact he deserted the Texas Air National Guard in 1972 because he was so full of cocaine he pissed white flakes. He owes her – big time!(to use a Cheneyism)
October 3rd, 2005 at 8:58 pmA: Hey Potter … ready for some unsolicited, un-called-for opinion from someone on the other side of the world?
P: “Yeah, let’s be sure to get opinions from a sufficient number of people in every country possible.”
A: Okay then! :)
P: “The Real American values of our founding fathers are being diluted by trying to get everyone in the world involved.”
A: Can you define those “real American values” for me? George Washington had slaves, so maybe that’s what you’re getting at (especially if you’re from a trailer park in Alabama) or maybe you’re referring to the “inalienable right” to stash as many AK-47s under your (undoubtedly single) bed as can you fit. The rest of the world had some progressive ideas on point #1 and y’all fell into line on that, and (NRA notwithstanding) you *will* get with the program on point #2. Hmmm … now how about that Metric System … :)
P: “I like the death penalty, (it should be enforced and carried out within 90 days) If you don’t like the death penalty, then behave yourself. I believe Abortionns are murder under most circumstances.”
A: I see … the ‘culture of life’ duality thing that’s so popular in your neck of the woods. Tell me, can you see through such hypocrisy (wholly designed, as it is, to garner GOP votes on hot-button wedge issues, no matter how contradictory the stance) or do you simply regurgitate Rush’s talking points late at night on your 7 year old Pentium 2? Get a life, please …
P: “I think most people have good intentions, but are generally closed minded and don’t mind being followers.”
A: were you looking in the mirror when you came up with this one? Closed-minded, as in not wanting to hear from the other side of the planet? Followers, as in “mega dittos Rush Limbaugh”?
I case you’re wondering, foreigners have as much of an interest in America as you because what happens there affects those elsewhere. Witness Iraq, where 10s of thousands have died because your election-stealing, knuckle-dragging Chimp-in-Chief wanted to go one better than dear ol’ dad. Witness Greenland, where glaciers the size of Georgia are breaking off (don’t tell me, there’s “no such thing” as global warming. Yeah right, and the Holocaust never happened).
Perhaps with the benefits of an outsiders perspective, such outrages would never have happened. So guess what? We’ll visit your sites and we’ll make our comments, and if *you* have a problem with that then kindly consult the aforementioned Founding Fathers, whose *best* amendment was the *first* one.
- Andrew,
October 3rd, 2005 at 9:28 pmMelbourne, Australia
I would like to apologize to the world. America really is not as mind numbingly stupid as its president or his dwindling supporters. We are just going through a very bad time at the moment. It’s hard to say why this is happening exactly but it has something to do with religion. Religion is always a tricky issue to dance around because we can’t just blurt out what we really think about religion and hurt peoples feeling about what they have been taught to believe. See, the Bush folks are suffering from what’s called cognitive dissonance. That’s when you know you are doing something wrong but come up with all kinds of reasons to justify to yourself why you are right, even though you know you are wrong and have great difficulty coming to terms with the very stressful inner conflict. Maybe it’s time to just put an arm around the shoulder of a Bush supporter and say “Hey, he really is just a poor developmentally dysfunctional person who as been so manipulated that he really doesn’t know which way is up or down and I’m sorry you got misled but we really need your help now. If this continues much longer our country will be permanently damaged. We have to vote these extreme conservatives out of our government before it is too late.†I’m just a veteran with fiscal conservative tendencies combined with some social democratic positions mixed with a little fair weather environmentalism and a touch of libertarian thrown in for good measure. But that’s just my opinion.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:29 pmRight on Joe!
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:34 pmNominating Harriet Miers to the supreme court. Is like putting some one with no experience in charge of Fema? We all know how that turned out. Miers was the one who was looking for the nominee? but found her self in stead. Just like Channy the V/P. Who was looking for A Vice Presidential running mate for GWB. But found him self in stead. So the trick is to get on GWB’s nominating comittee and get picked your self.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:44 pmIs this what became of Mira Sorvino? That is what doing crap like that bug movie–plus a few other bombs– will get you: lonely troll posting web-shite for fun.
As for you, Potter, you’re a real man, obviously. Your prose lets us all know that you are Sgt. Rock, the man who can duck any gaydar.
October 3rd, 2005 at 10:58 pm[...] This makes even the perrenial accusee of cronyism in Supreme Court selections, Abe Fortas, come out smelling like a rose. Who, exactly, is this meant to please? Surely not, at first glance, movement righties, or as Dan Drezner points out, someone whose first standard is legal distinction, regardless of judicial philosophy. [...]
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:44 pmPerhaps Mier is a throw-away choice. Meaning: Bush Co. knows this one will be blocked and he has a more evil pick up his sleeve. Oh wait, the medication must be wearing off…was I actually thinking that DUHbya has a plan? I think he’s just running out of DUHbya club members to pick from. What self-respecting JD would want to tag their resume with, “I was nominated for this or that by DUHbya?”
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:47 pmBush picked the supremely loyal Miers for the Supreme Court as a defensive action because he fears that he, Rove, Cheney, and their top operatives may desparately need friends on the Supreme Court in the near future. Prosecutor Fitzgerald is getting too close for comfort.
It appears that her loyalty is personal to Bush, not to right wing ideology. That may be a good thing.
When Bush leaves office, Miers’ loyalty to Bush will no longer matter.
What she will do then is anyone’s guess, but I very much doubt she will be as bad as Scalia or Thomas. With life tenure, I suspect she will then be a stickler for precedent and probity rather than a rabid right wing ideologue.
Considering all the extremely reactionary candidates with better legal credentials that Bush might have chosen, I think she is the best we are likely to do.
Also, as more or the Bush cabal’s criminal acts come to light, perhaps we’ll find grounds to impeach her at some future date. A candidate more remote from White House machinations might be harder to impeach.
I think the Democrats should support her nomination, if for no other reasons than to drive the right wing nuts around the bend and increase the widening divisions within the Republican Party.
October 4th, 2005 at 12:34 amI’m thinking Bush needs Meiers in there because he’s gonna need all the firepower he can get in his corner when the Plame indictments start coming down.
October 4th, 2005 at 1:41 amPotter, I am another foreigner (Canadian) who likes to keep a close eye on the American political scene. It occurs to me that you should support the idea of people of other nations observing how your democracy works. After all, is it not the stated goal of your President to spread American style democracy around the world? So what is wrong with us observing the process in action.
I think your problem is that you don’t want others to see what a cock up your country has made of the democratic ideal. And I can understand that. It would be only natural for a nation, whose guiding ideal is the accumulation of wealth, to produce rampant cronyism and corruption. But showing up the short comings of the system may not be the best way to encouarge the world’s masses to embrace your version of democracy.
As for Bush’s latest nomination I agree with one pundit who says she is essentially Bush’s “Get Out of Jail Free!” card. Judging by the reaction of the Christian Right, Bush has ignored their wishes with his choice. He seems to be willing to cut loose this portion of his base now that he has secured his second term. I think he’s stacking the deck in his favour in case a special prosecutor comes a knockin’ someday.
It should be interesting to watch the man as his last term runs its course. Bush is a man who is really starting to show the strain of his office (ie, hitting the bottle again).A man with an imperious manner who is rapidly losing his grasp on reality invites some comparisons with historical counterparts. Hitler; nah to easy. I think the Emperor Caligula is more appropriate as he provides a measuring stick that can be applied today. He appointed his horse to the Roman senate and confirmed what everyone thought; the man is crazy as a loon. All the Dems have to do now is wait to see if Bush appoints his pooch to his cabinet and then move to impeach him (assuming this is an impeachable offense).
But in all seriousness, I really wonder if you Yanks are not headed to some kind of civil war. Now I’m not talking about a physical conflict like the War Between the States or Northern Ireland or Iraq. I’m thinking more along the lines of a cultural/societal divide that will grow to the point where the two sides are too far apart for any reconciliation of their points of view. Especially when religion and faith increase the polarization.
October 4th, 2005 at 4:45 amAssuming the right wing becomes even more ascendant in the next few years, eating away at civil liberties and pushing a religious agenda, how will the average moderate American react? For the women who lose their right to an abortion or parents who don’t want religion taught in the classroom, will they be willing to let democracy follows it’s course while their basic beliefs are being threatened? Will they be willing to put their trust in an electoral system deserving of a third world country? What was it that guy said about living in interesting times?
# 27 – proud and progressive
thank you for your post.
It saved me a LONG one to “Potter” – and it would not have been such a polite one.
I am from Austria, I live in Austria (that would be the Australia without the canguroos *g* – sorry, couldn’t resist).
And -Potter- it IS our business what is going on in your country (as far as your foreign policy goes) because EVERYTHING your administration is doing in that regard does have an impact on the rest of the world.
Believe me, it would be so much more comforting for us to be able to just sit back and enjoy the show that’s coming from your White House daily. Unfortunately, what is coming out of it is mostly way too scary to enjoy!
Further, I totally agree with you (proud and progressive) that it is very interesting to communicate with people, ESPECIALLY from other countries to learn more about the other’s point of views and broaden one’s own horizon. Since I began reading this and other blogs like this one I have learned so much!
October 4th, 2005 at 10:00 amSo keep up the good work *g*
[...] George Washington University Professor Jonathan Turley: Miers an “Amazingly Bad Choice†[...]
October 4th, 2005 at 10:34 am#
{I’m thinking Bush needs Meiers in there because he’s gonna need all the firepower he can get in his corner when the Plame indictments start coming down.
Comment by yankee451 — October 4, 2005 @ 1:41 am}
IMO, yankee’s on the right track.
Look at Meier’s two qualifications:
1. She’s totally loyal to the Bush Family Evil Empire.
2. She’ the lawyer for a bunch of oil companies and other corporations who survive by sucking at the government teat.
The two questions the dems should ask (but probably won’t) are:
1. Would she recuse herself from any cases involving bushco.
2. Would she recuse herself involving any cases that would benefit her corporate clients.
October 4th, 2005 at 6:27 pm“I work at a law firm and do not wear Birks. ” – P&P
Who cares? What do you do at the firm – deliver briefs and sandwiches? I guess the reason I find all you retro types so interesting is the need you have to “feel” thoroughly original, which you are not. How I yearn for the days of the SDS, the Weathermen, the REAL Black Panthers, SNCC, and my all time favourite, the Symbionese Liberation Army. (Would someone please tell me where Symbion is??) Now really thrill yourselves and start bringing back macrame. It’s like getting retreads instead of new tires – been there – done that. Yawn!!!
October 4th, 2005 at 8:41 pmI see you love to be with me though. What’s with that? Why do you come here to my playground? No, I don’t deliver sandwiches, but you already know that don’t you? Remember, you are in my backyard to be with me, I don’t come to yours. You are the one that can’t stay away from me. I am used to that though. You like to hang around the popular kids?
Sandwiches – just too obvious.
October 5th, 2005 at 9:49 amAphro, who cares? Apparently, you do. And deliver briefs? You are showing your ignorance. You file briefs, dolt.
October 5th, 2005 at 9:52 am[...] When Harriet Miers’ nomination was first announced, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley immediately called her an “amazingly bad choice.” This morning, he weighed in Samuel Alito: JONATHAN TURLEY: He’s the top choice for particularly pro-life people. Sam Alito is viewed as someone who is likely to join the hard right in likely narrowing Roe and possibly voting to overturn Roe. [...]
October 31st, 2005 at 8:17 am[...] The choice was likely to spark a political brawl. Unlike the nomination of Harriet Miers, which was derailed Thursday by Bush’s conservative allies, Alito faces opposition from Democrats. [...]
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