What Does Miers Mean for GLBT People?
| By Michael Ditto - Oct 3rd, 2005 at 2:44 pm EDT |
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Categories: Equality / Civil Rights, Civil Liberties / Privacy, Effective & Ethical Government
Categories: Equality / Civil Rights, Civil Liberties / Privacy, Effective & Ethical Government
That's an open question.
While Miers has no judicial track record on any issue--she's never been a judge--"the selection process which produced Miers' nomination was conducted by a nucleus of social and anti-gay activists. A key advisor in this process was Jay Sekulow who headed Pat Robertson's American Center for Law and Justice. It also has been reported that the Bush White House sought the input of anti-gay organizations like the Family Research Council in conducting its process," notes Paul Johnson of 365Gay.com.
We're obviously very early in the process of researching this nominee for the Supreme Court. One thing I would personally note in the short term is that this nomination seems utterly typical for the Bush administration--cronyism over qualifications. Simply being a lawyer does not make one an expert on constitutional law. And while some of the most noted SCOTUS justices have had no prior judicial experience, there is no evidence that Miers is cut from the same mold.
What do you think?
While Miers has no judicial track record on any issue--she's never been a judge--"the selection process which produced Miers' nomination was conducted by a nucleus of social and anti-gay activists. A key advisor in this process was Jay Sekulow who headed Pat Robertson's American Center for Law and Justice. It also has been reported that the Bush White House sought the input of anti-gay organizations like the Family Research Council in conducting its process," notes Paul Johnson of 365Gay.com.
We're obviously very early in the process of researching this nominee for the Supreme Court. One thing I would personally note in the short term is that this nomination seems utterly typical for the Bush administration--cronyism over qualifications. Simply being a lawyer does not make one an expert on constitutional law. And while some of the most noted SCOTUS justices have had no prior judicial experience, there is no evidence that Miers is cut from the same mold.
What do you think?
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