Category Archives: Supreme Court

Hmmm… I have no idea how to take the news that Harriet Miers has been nominated for the open Supreme Court position. On the negative side, do we really want one of Bush’s buddies assigned to yet another important role in government? Didn’t we learn just how bad that was with Michael Brown and FEMA? And is it possible to trust anyone in Bush’s inner circle?

On the other hand, there’s this:

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid was complimentary, issuing a statement that said he likes Miers and adding “the Supreme Court would benefit from the addition of a justice who has real experience as a practicing lawyer.”

At the same time, he said he looked forward to the “process which will help the American people learn more about Harriet Miers, and help the Senate determine whether she deserves a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court.”

Reid had personally recommended that Bush consider Miers for nomination, according to several sources familiar with the president’s consultations with individual senators. Of equal importance as the White House maps its confirmation campaign is that the Nevada Democrat had warned Bush that the selection of any of several other contenders could trigger a bruising partisan struggle.

An endorsement by Harry Reid? I can’t imagine Reid endorsing someone who’d try to lean the court to the right. But I can’t imagine Bush nominating someone who wouldn’t lean the court to the right. So just what the fuck is going on here?

So what does the Rude Pundit think of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts? A lot, and it’s all friggin hysterical. Bottom-line: “Instead, glory be, he presented America with another Harvard-educated white guy, one more privileged D.C. lawyer who was Daddy’s boy once, and a motherfucker. Someone who you can bet was given a list of issues by Rove and asked point blank how he’d rule. Did we really expect anything more?”