Left Lane

There is so much going on behind the scenes that we never see. These are the things that will enable Harriet Miers to become the replacement for Sandra Day O’Connor on the Federal Supreme Court. The proof, to me, that she will eventually be approved and be on the Supreme Court, is that both leftys and rightys are making a big deal about it.

Look at John Roberts. The people of this nation were very concerned with his stances on certain controversial issues. Certainly abortion ranks up there. When he went up in front of the committee and was asked which way he would vote on the issue of abortion if it came up again, he politely declined to answer. Is this “Pleading the Fifth for Dummies” here? Certainly it is a hard question to answer, but political bullshit should not let him get off the hook for having to answer it.

And the rightys rejoice.

Nothing personal, Johnny. If you’re going to suddenly be in a position of highly-paid, influential power, we want to know who you are and what kind of person you would choose to be when the moment comes down to a final, black and white decision. Fair enough, right?

But what is fair enough? Is it fair to give a woman like Miers, with miniscule experience, a free (as in beer) ride to the top of our judicial system? Roberts was much more controversial, and mostly just the leftys made a big deal about him. With bipartisan controversy support, Miers is a shoe-in walking time-bomb (see Update).

Update (10/27/2005 10:02 AM): Looks like Miers has withdrawn her nomination for the Supreme Court.

In the statement, Miers said her nomination presented a “burden for the White House.”

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