I was reading page 2 in the KC Star this morning (my favorite as it provides 3-5 quick hits which are well written and concise). I'll just note it word for word:
Apropos to the debate over Miers' religion, Article 6 of the Constitution unequivocally says that "no religious test shall ever be required as qualification to any office or pubic trust under the United States".
I mention this because it seems to me that if a Democrat wants an excuse to vote against Harriet Miers without seeming partisan, a remark that President Bush used a de facto religious test (thereby violating/opposing the Constitution), would seem to work here.
The entire Miers nomination thing is still a bit odd for me. I'm still wavering before making any decisions / positions.
ReplyDeleteI think the "no religious test" language could cut the other way, preventing Congress from discussing her unique brand of fundamentalist Christianity altogether.
ReplyDeleteI thought Roberts was a fine choice, but I'm concerned about Miers. I'm reluctant to call cronyism, because any appointee will necessarily be someone Bush personally admires, so probably someone he personally knows. But these paragraphs from her BBC profile keep haunting me:
"In 1995, Mr Bush appointed Ms Miers as chairwoman of the Texas Lottery Commission for a six-year term.
However, she unexpectedly resigned after five years that were marked by controversy and the dismissal of two executive directors of the commission."
I don't mind quirky jobs in someone's past. But when a candidate can't handle trivial jobs, how can we expect them to handle the crucial ones?
I haven´t been following the US news (something about a flood? another one?), but I half expected her to be sacrificed on the altar of "Brownie" retaliation. A good example of poorly experienced appointees.
ReplyDeleteI'm sticking to my initial hypothesis that Miers' nomination is a ploy. Democrats shoot her down, because they have to try, and it'll be easy. But the Dems will look pretty mean if they reject guileless little George's next nominee.
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