Miers Focused on Policy

Everything I read convinces me she is a good lawyer, and will probably make a good judge.

“She appeared to have an innate sense of fairness,” recalled lawyer Sam Baxter, who lost the Microsoft case to Miers. “She was not doctrinaire.”from the Washington Post - As a Lawyer, Miers Focused on Policy

I found one paragraph of the Post article particularly interesting:

Her one foray into the controversial social subjects that can animate the high court was her work as a member of the ABA to get the organization to withdraw its official support for abortion rights. Her colleagues said that stemmed from her belief that the national association of lawyers should not take a stance on abortion and other issues that are matters of personal conscience.

I have nothing here to go on except her colleagues opinion of her intentions. If this is her opinion on the matter, I agree. Certainly, lawyers should not take such a stand. Judges, on the other hand, should support abortion rights for the same reason - it is a matter of personal conscience.

October 14, 2005 | Filed Under Freedom | Leave a Comment 

Not what the lawyers will allow, but what the public deserves

President Bush promised to give us what we deserve.I guess now we know what he thinks of us, don’t we.Scandals Take Toll On Bush’s 2nd TermGreat quotes from the article:

“It looks like a perfect storm,” said Joseph E. diGenova, a Republican and former independent counsel, who noted that so many investigations can weigh on an administration. “People have no idea what happens when an investigation gets underway. It’s debilitating. It’s not just distracting. It’s debilitating. It’s like getting punched in the stomach.”

“The one that people are most worried about is Abramoff because it seems to have such long tentacles,”

“The Abramoff thing is a lingering nuisance to everybody,” said GOP lobbyist Charles Black. “I don’t know who else might be caught up in it.”

and my favorite:

The current atmosphere is not what Bush envisioned as a candidate in 2000.

Speaking of Abramoff. I think I remember him.

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