I heard it here first.

As a Democrat I suggest we take this one and show the country that we can compromise, unite on issues with Republican moderates, etc. Harriet Meirs cannot be beaten, so why lose points with the public when we could look good and maybe even gain some status by voting with what will be an even larger margin of victory than Roberts.

Depends. I agree completely in theory...but since we do not know anything about her, who is to say she isnt going to be Bush's puppet for the next god knows how long?

Haven't we had enough with unqualified appointees? Think of the unqualified Micheal Brown who recently left FEMA due to his inadequate response during Hurricane Katrina. Do you suppose Harriet Miers might do the same if she completely messes up? Unlikely.

There are crucial differences between the role of a lawyer and a judge. Laywers are centered on debating the point for their client while a judge's duty is to level-headed interpretation of the law. Miers has only had experience arguing for her client.

I am a little more than concerned that given Harriet Miers' personal and professional ties to Bush, she may feel obligated to slant rulings toward the person and party that put her there. This selection does not bode well, in my humble opinion.

I would dearly love to know her personal feelings on Roe v. Wade, but what I'd rather know is how seriously she takes the Constitution of the United States of America. Once she is a U.S.Supreme court judge, she no longer has to reflect anyones opinions but her own, least of all the President elect. Don't forget, she cannot be fired! If she regards the Constitution as sacrosanct I believe she will be fine once she settles in. I truly hope this is the case.

and more critisisms 'boot her, where are they? i mean, it's due tomorrow and i'm starting now and i can't find critisisms???
crexy!

I can't believe all of the positive comments here. Ms. Miers is clearly at best marginally qualified. Nowhere is it recorded that she is anything like a Constitutional scholar. In my opinion she is another Bush crony like former FEMA Director Brown and others in the administration. Her recently revealed writings read like love letters to Bush. Does he think that she is the next most qualified after John Roberts? I hope not! Perhaps we Democrats should sit aside and let the Republicans tear her and each other apart.

The President is displaying his usual arrogance and contempt for what other smarter, brighter, more reflective , and knowledgeable people think. I think his personality consists of his feeling of God given right, by the silver spoon he inherited and never earned, coupled with a low intelligences and lack of critical thinking skills. His appointment of Harriet Mires is an insult to all American Citizens and the Supreme Court. Her primary qualifications are thinking Bush is God. Anyone that thinks he is brilliant says a lot about his or her intellect & ability. If she is confirmed than it shows, we have elected a bunch of idiots to the Senate, which I think is highly likely. But in spite of the lack of any qualifications for the Supreme court she is probably a decent person and has many more qualifications for that job then George Bush has for President! From just viewing his policies without any knowledge of the one responsible, I think most would decide we had a Left Wing Liberal Democrat in office! His out of control spending & deficits, pork barrel lading projects, cronyism and the sheer stupidity & incompetence of lack of any foresight in managing Iraq after the conquest was total complete incompetence by him and his advisors. His discovery after 5 years in office and 4 years after 9/11 that we have a serious Illegal Alien invasion with millions of poorly educate people pouring across our open borders is beyond belief. His brilliant solutions to the problem is just make then legal than we won’t have and Illegal Alien problem,. Shows he has no concept of what problems will be caused by having millions more poorly educated prolific breeders with a 50% high school drop out rate, will have on this country or the billions in cost for their benefit’s, the crime & the lowing of our standard of living & erosion of the Middle class! It also shows a disrespect for Laws & the Rule of Law, as he proved again with the Meirs nomination to the Supreme Court! While I feel sorry for Meirs that was threw into a situation and position she is clearly not qualified by a stupid President with a King George Complex, that feeling does not extend to the President! I am one of his many ex-supporters that feel betrayed by this President and think if Republicans do not disown him and his policies it will set Republicans back years! They will have a hard time being taken seriously again as having the ability for an honest, smaller, effective government for the American people!