Focus on Family Supports Miers Appointment
FROM FOCUS ON FAMILY BLOG:
Focus on the Family Action Chairman James C. Dobson, Ph.D., welcomed Miers' nomination.
"President Bush pledged emphatically during his campaign to appoint judges who will interpret the law rather than create it," he said. "He also promised to select competent judges who will 'not use the bench to write social policy.' To this point, President Bush's appointments to the federal bench appear to have been remarkably consistent with that stated philosophy."
Dobson said, based on what's generally known about Miers — and Bush's personal knowledge of her — she is not likely to be the lone exception.
"On the other hand, one cannot know absolutely about matters of integrity and philosophy until a jurist is given the tremendous power and influence of their position," he said. "As Lord Acton said, 'Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.' Sadly, that seems to have happened to Justices Souter and Kennedy. All we can say now is that Harriet Miers appears to be an outstanding nominee for the Supreme Court."
If approved by the Senate, Miers would become only the third woman on the highest court. She would join sitting Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and succeed O'Connor, who became the first female justice in 1981, at the invitation of President Reagan.
Who is Miers?
Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Raul Gonzalez has known the nominee for more than two decades.
"Harriet is an outstanding individual," he told CitzenLink. "She is a born-again Christian and goes to an evangelical church in Dallas. She is a very, very compassionate and able person."
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APPARENTLY, BUSH HAS POLITICALLY FLANKED THE DEMS AGAIN.
Focus on the Family Action Chairman James C. Dobson, Ph.D., welcomed Miers' nomination.
"President Bush pledged emphatically during his campaign to appoint judges who will interpret the law rather than create it," he said. "He also promised to select competent judges who will 'not use the bench to write social policy.' To this point, President Bush's appointments to the federal bench appear to have been remarkably consistent with that stated philosophy."
Dobson said, based on what's generally known about Miers — and Bush's personal knowledge of her — she is not likely to be the lone exception.
"On the other hand, one cannot know absolutely about matters of integrity and philosophy until a jurist is given the tremendous power and influence of their position," he said. "As Lord Acton said, 'Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.' Sadly, that seems to have happened to Justices Souter and Kennedy. All we can say now is that Harriet Miers appears to be an outstanding nominee for the Supreme Court."
If approved by the Senate, Miers would become only the third woman on the highest court. She would join sitting Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and succeed O'Connor, who became the first female justice in 1981, at the invitation of President Reagan.
Who is Miers?
Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Raul Gonzalez has known the nominee for more than two decades.
"Harriet is an outstanding individual," he told CitzenLink. "She is a born-again Christian and goes to an evangelical church in Dallas. She is a very, very compassionate and able person."
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APPARENTLY, BUSH HAS POLITICALLY FLANKED THE DEMS AGAIN.
posted by ssc | 10/03/2005 08:24:00 PM
That is quite an endorsement.
This nomination makes one wonder about Harry Reid and some of the democrats. Perhaps some democrats express some relief at not having to do battle with the fanatical left. As such they are willing to support anyone who is not on the left groups list. The left has taken over their party to the detriment of all of us. Perhaps this is why the Democrats are the party of no rather than a loyal opposition.
This is simply another iteration of "trust Bush, he knows what he's doing here." Maybe. As I wrote in my post below, perhaps working with her gives the Presidant intimate knowledge of her inner thoughts.
But she is still an intellectual lightweight. Why on God's green earth are we still playing the stealth strategy? We have 55 Republican Senators and 52 have never voted against a Bush judicial nominee! In the best case, she votes the right way on all the key votes.
That is not good enough. We could and should have had someone who voted the right way , and is enough of an intellectual heavyweight to help convince others. One vote here and one vote there does not change the intellectual culture of this country. It's the Scalias and Thomas's and Borks that do this. That is simply gone now.
And so much for conservatives standing for merit.
She's not the best over 60 year old. (Olsen)
She's not the best woman. (Jones)
She's not the best White House lawyer (Olsen).
She's not the best anything.
This is embarassing.
I agree with you. However, Bush has interviewed all these judges, we have not. Besides, we don't need intellectuals to overturn the intellectually based liberalism enshrined over the last 50 years by the Court.
From the AP:
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council said conservatives put great weight in Bush's judgment but they would have preferred a nominee with a documented conservative track record. The president's recommendation "gives us some level of comfort but that has to be combined with some evidence," he told MSNBC. Perkins did not take a position on the nomination and said he will be looking for clues to her judicial philosophy during the confirmation hearings.
Hey, SSC, The remarkable PJ Buchanan does not support the Miers nomination. What say you?
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