I support the Miers nomination. I had to make this post so that N.Z. Bear could find it and record my vote.
Pretty cool really this N.Z. Bear thing.
If you are interested why, it basically boils down to the fact that the Court has needed a non-judge-worker-bee-type on it for awhile now. That's basically what Meirs is (plus she's female). Too many court decisions lately have been almost impossible to interpret.
So complaining that she's not exactly like all the other judges is well, dumb. As for her politics, I'm a little less concerned about that.
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Well we win some, and lose some… But sadly, this defeat may have disturbing ramifications.
From my post:
*In the Miers debacle Republicans have turned the old rallying cry: “Give them an up or down vote”upside down.
*Republicans in the Senate have overturned the principle of protecting Executive Branch documents.
*After witnessing this latest episode can we know expect our GOP Senators to grow a spine and defend an even more controversial nominee?
*Chris Matthews summed it up this way: “Bush is lame duck with broken