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Bush Chooses Miers for Supreme Court

Who Is Harriet Miers? (Yeah, who the heck is she anyway

High Court Nominee Has Never Been a Judge

"Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made no commitment, saying he wanted a thorough confirmation proceeding."

I think that's the most intelligent thing I've ever heard of coming from Specter.

No experience as a judge.

Both Planned Parenthood and Anti-Abortion groups are demanding to know her stance on abortion. All 3 articles mention this in some way.

You'd think someone's stance on abortion is THE deciding factor in the ability and worthiness to do a job. Do I need to go into a rant on how people seem to vote based solely on a candidate's stance on abortion?

It *looks* like this one is possibly a "lesser of the evils" scenario. I don't know how worried I am BECAUSE I KNOW NUFFIN' ABOUT HER. I will watch the next weeks with interest.

Except that she's never been a judge. Should the start of a career as a judge be an appointment to the supreme court?

Point Of Amusement: This quote apears in two of the stories: "For example, she's Southern Methodist, notoriously pro-abortion,"said Troy Newman of Operation: Rescue."

It is mentioned elsewhere that she graduated from Southern Methodist University. Is this guy describing her religion? I MIGHT be wrong, but I've never heard of there being a branch of Methodism called "Southern Methodist", and her having attended SMU is not a comment on her religion. (I know this, I went there. Now maybe things were very different when she attended, I can't speak for that. But SMU is not a school that one picks just for the religion, unless you're attending the Theological Seminary. Other than that, the school is very secular, and from what I've read of the history of the school it's always been pretty much that way.