Bush withdraws Miers nomination

[EMSsquirrel]

Just had to say it. Bush withdrawing his nomination of Miers for the Supreme Court is is the best news I've heard in a while. As much as I griped when he nominated John Roberts for Chief Justice, at least he had been a judge. How you can nominate someone who has never been a judge before, to sit on the highest court in the nation is beyond me. Good riddance.

- Greg

[DaSharkie]

I agree with you on nominating a non-judge, but many people have sat on the Supreme Court without ever being a judge. I believe even William Rehnquist was not a judge before being nominated to the Supreme Court though.

[WELLAGEDEMT]

I disagree with her withdrawl. I want to rant a little. The United States elected Bush as President by a large margin over Kerry, which means that the Republicans control the White House and other elections for Senate and the House of Representatives also gave control to the Republicans. When the Democrats were in control, which seemed like forever, they had the power to appoint whomever they wanted to whatever position. I realize that there were a lot of conservatives that were against Miers, but she should have gotten the same chance as any other appointee. It makes me very angry to have the conservatives buckle to the pressure of those not in power. Also with a Utopian view, The whole agenda of trying to get Bush and his people out of power by using "a sham legal maneuver" is appaulling. At this point I don't care which party is in power or thinks they are. I cannot understand a country that elects a president and/or senators or representatives in one election and spends the next 4 or 6 years trying to ruin their lives and careers. Totally assinine!!!!!!!:flame: :soapbox:

I guess my standby phrase about term limits applies . EVERY POLITICIAN SHOULD SERVE ONLY TWO TERMS---------- ONE IN OFFICE AND ONE IN JAIL!!!!!

[EMSsquirrel]

I disagree with her withdrawl. I want to rant a little. The United States elected Bush as President by a large margin over Kerry, which means that the Republicans control the White House and other elections for Senate and the House of Representatives also gave control to the Republicans. When the Democrats were in control, which seemed like forever, they had the power to appoint whomever they wanted to whatever position. I realize that there were a lot of conservatives that were against Miers, but she should have gotten the same chance as any other appointee. It makes me very angry to have the conservatives buckle to the pressure of those not in power. Also with a Utopian view, The whole agenda of trying to get Bush and his people out of power by using "a sham legal maneuver" is appaulling. At this point I don't care which party is in power or thinks they are. I cannot understand a country that elects a president and/or senators or representatives in one election and spends the next 4 or 6 years trying to ruin their lives and careers. Totally assinine!!!!!!!:flame: :soapbox:

I guess my standby phrase about term limits applies . EVERY POLITICIAN SHOULD SERVE ONLY TWO TERMS---------- ONE IN OFFICE AND ONE IN JAIL!!!!!

Yes, but the Deomocrats couldn't appoint someone to the Supreme Court unless a position was vacant. Remember, Supreme Court Justice is a position held for life, or until they choose to resign. And Miers did get a chance. She blew it. She made enemies and returned questionairres back without completely filling them out.

I don't think this was a maneuver against Bush. At least, I didn't hate Miers because she was a Bush appointee. I disliked Miers because she was appointed to be a Supreme Court Justice, when she had never been a judge before in her life. And yes, if I had been around for Rehnquist, I'd have probably complained then, too.

I do think this was bad timing on the part of Bush, to want to put in someone who has very little job-related experience (never a judge) but was close to Bush (legal advisor or something?). We had that already. His name was Brown, and he was the head of FEMA. Didn't go too well. I think that was fresh in the mind of many people, and so perhaps they gave Miers a bit more scrutiny. Of course, any unknown commodity deserves intense scrutiny. I refuse to buy a car the first model year it comes out. It's unproven, untested, unknown. And when you go back 40 times in a year for warranty work, you start to realize it was a bad idea.

- Greg