As you all probably already know, Bush nominated Harriet Miers, who has no judicial experience whatsoever to the Supreme Court.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051003/ap_on_..._wh/bush_scotus
Discuss. I know that there's a lot to talk about...
Full Version: Bush's new Supreme Court nominee
"Might as well put a baby on the surpreme court, at least the baby will have an opinion on abortion" - Carlos Mencia
QUOTE(RiC3xBoy @ Oct 8 2005, 11:35 PM)
"Might as well put a baby on the surpreme court, at least the baby will have an opinion on abortion" - Carlos Mencia
haha.
*falls over laughing*but seriously. omg. i would rather have john roberts.
maybe hes just trying to appease everyone by picking a woman. but geez...there are better women.
just to make this clear, im a liberal.
Cronyism. Cronyism. Cronyism.
But aside from nominating someone who was his buddy to the Supreme Court, I think Bush had bigger political motives for this one as well.
He picked someone neutral with no known opinions on highly controversial topics so that neither Liberals nor Conservatives would whine about his choice. He also chose a woman so the feminists wouldn't complain he was being sexist by replacing Sandra Day O'Connor with a man. Bush was just attempting to make everyone happy.
Of course there are better female candidates out there for Supreme Court Justice. But those women have served on the bench before and probably have documented opinions about topics like abortion that they have openly discussed. I think Bush was just tired of having everyone on his back and being on the defensive all the time, so he chose someone with a clean slate that he thought would cause the least amount of controversy.
But aside from nominating someone who was his buddy to the Supreme Court, I think Bush had bigger political motives for this one as well.
He picked someone neutral with no known opinions on highly controversial topics so that neither Liberals nor Conservatives would whine about his choice. He also chose a woman so the feminists wouldn't complain he was being sexist by replacing Sandra Day O'Connor with a man. Bush was just attempting to make everyone happy.
Of course there are better female candidates out there for Supreme Court Justice. But those women have served on the bench before and probably have documented opinions about topics like abortion that they have openly discussed. I think Bush was just tired of having everyone on his back and being on the defensive all the time, so he chose someone with a clean slate that he thought would cause the least amount of controversy.
QUOTE(yummy_delight @ Oct 9 2005, 9:22 PM)
Cronyism. Cronyism. Cronyism.
But aside from nominating someone who was his buddy to the Supreme Court, I think Bush had bigger political motives for this one as well.
He picked someone neutral with no known opinions on highly controversial topics so that neither Liberals nor Conservatives would whine about his choice. He also chose a woman so the feminists wouldn't complain he was being sexist by replacing Sandra Day O'Connor with a man. Bush was just attempting to make everyone happy.
Of course there are better female candidates out there for Supreme Court Justice. But those women have served on the bench before and probably have documented opinions about topics like abortion that they have openly discussed. I think Bush was just tired of having everyone on his back and being on the defensive all the time, so he chose someone with a clean slate that he thought would cause the least amount of controversy.
But aside from nominating someone who was his buddy to the Supreme Court, I think Bush had bigger political motives for this one as well.
He picked someone neutral with no known opinions on highly controversial topics so that neither Liberals nor Conservatives would whine about his choice. He also chose a woman so the feminists wouldn't complain he was being sexist by replacing Sandra Day O'Connor with a man. Bush was just attempting to make everyone happy.
Of course there are better female candidates out there for Supreme Court Justice. But those women have served on the bench before and probably have documented opinions about topics like abortion that they have openly discussed. I think Bush was just tired of having everyone on his back and being on the defensive all the time, so he chose someone with a clean slate that he thought would cause the least amount of controversy.
someone NEUTRAL? bahahah! this lady literally said that she WORSHIPS George W. Bush and thinks that he is "the smartest person she has ever met". That has to tell you something right there. Did he like pick the first person he saw as his nominee? I mean in all seriousness, Bush needs to extend his circle of friends. The only reason why he picked her is clearly because she will vote in favor of Bush. (at this time--the one against abortion)
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