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Monday, October 17, 2005

With Friends Like These . . .

Harriet Miers would do well to ask her defenders to take a breather.

Hugh Hewitt has advanced the "powerful" argument that "constitutional law" just isn't that hard, so we shouldn't worry about whether Miers is a brainiac. The inferences aren't good for Miers and are worse for Bush's governing philosophy.

Is this really how we want to make our appointments? "Well, being head of FEMA isn't rocket science, so let's not trouble ourselves overmuch about getting the top, top candidate." Besides, constitutional law is harder than it looks and being a Supreme Court judge involves the rest of federal law, which is deep, complex, and confounding.

If I were Harriet, I'd have Hugh back off 'cuz he ain't helping.

2 comments:

Barry Vanhoff said...

I wonder who (typically) does the most work at SCOTUS; the justices or their aides?

Do we want a legal system that is such an entanglement that it requires brainiacs to cut through it?

Brainiacs upheld McCain-Feingold!

I'm just thowin' stuff out there, seein' if it will stick.

Kathy Hutchins said...

Harriet Miers would do well to ask her defenders to take a breather.

Except for Josh Bolton. I don't think enough can be said about her dominating mastery of the Camp David bowling alley.