ACLJ Supports Miers Nomination
Posted on October 3, 2005
I put a lot of trust in Jay Sekulow’s opinion. This is from ACLJ
This morning the President nominated White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the seat being vacated by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court of the United States. I have worked with Harriet Miers over the last several years and believe the President made a great choice. Miss Miers led the opposition to the American Bar Association’s (ABA) decision to come out in support of Roe v. Wade and abortion rights. She stated that at a minimum, there should have been a vote of the ABA membership before they took such an extreme position.
Harriet Miers represents the conservative mainstream of judicial philosophy of interpreting the Constitution, not re-writing it. Once again, President Bush showed exceptional judgment in naming a replacement for Justice O’Connor. At a time when the high court is facing some of the most critical issues of the day – including a number of cases dealing directly with abortion and life issues – the person who replaces Justice O’Connor is critical. Miss Miers is an excellent choice with an extraordinary record of service in the legal community and is certain to approach her work on the high court with a firm commitment to follow the Constitution and the rule of law. I have been privileged to work with her in her capacity as White House counsel. She is bright, thoughtful, and a consummate professional and I enthusiastically endorse her nomination.
We look forward to a speedy confirmation process and will work aggressively to ensure that Harriet Miers gets full and fair consideration before the Senate. We call on members of the Senate to reject the partisan political rhetoric and focus on the judicial philosophy of this conservative mainstream nominee.
We know the intentions of the liberal left are to do anything possible to derail this nominee. In Planned Parenthood’s recent release, Karen Pearl, interim PPFA president stated: “We are concerned about the nomination of Harriet Miers and we demand she answer questions regarding her views of fundamental reproductive and privacy rights.” They added, “We expect Miers to make clear her views on reproductive rights during the hearing process, and the Senate should not confirm a nominee who is not willing to do so. Confirming a Supreme Court justice should not be an exercise of partisanship or clever gamesmanship — but rather an honest, thoughtful, thorough examination.”
During Miers’s tenure as head of the Texas Bar Association, she was a leader in the campaign to reverse the American Bar Association’s pro-choice position on the right to choose. Had this campaign been successful, which it was not, the ABA would have been returned to its former position of neutrality.
My mind still isn’t made up on whether to support her nomination or not, but the fact we don’t know a lot about her is not cause for the echoing overreaction in the blogosphere. For now, I’m giving Bush the benefit of the doubt on this pick. I don’t care if she used to be a democrat or not, if you hold that against her, you’ll have to hold it against a lot of republicans. You all might remember that the great Ronald Reagan was a former democrat too. The doom and gloom this morning had me down before, but lets take a long hard look at this before we start just jumpin the keyboards. Calm down folks, it might not be the choice you were all hoping for, but there is no reason to jump the gun either. The fact we don’t know much about her might be a little scary for you all, and your gut reactions might be right on spot…but I’d advise us to all just calm down a bit. We can make a more solid opinion with patience as we learn more about this pick. The right has been sounding like an echoe chamber all morning. I’m not afraid to go against the blogospheric grain on this, I’m not throwing my hat in the ring just yet, but I do think we should all take this with a little calmer perspective.
A Project of Progress America has a website up Justicemiers.com Take a look.
Blogs for Bush says to calm down too.
Beth is on the same page with me.
Pro Life Blogs has her Christian viewpoints on abortion.
The Political Teen has The video of the nomination
B Relevant has kindly provided the audio of Jay Sekulow’s praise of Mier’s tough abortion stance.
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Jay, I agree completely! It amazes me the number of people, especially conservatives, that have come out shooting and not one of them knows what the target is, where the target is or whether or not the target even poses a threat!
For audio from Jay Sekulow on Miers’ abortion stance and conservative cred, visit my post at http://brelevant.blogspot.com/2005/10/conservative-cred.html.
As if this blog couldn’t get more annoying, you added audio!
I can’t help, but wonder about the nomination either, and that’s why I came up with my own list of nominations of those who may be better suited for the position.
Sam, there is no doubt several who might be better suited. The point I’m making is to not panic over this until we learn more about her.
I am a bit taken aback by the reaction of our fellow conservatives/republicans on this one. To be honest (and maybe I’m beign naive, but) I am going to give the prez the benefit of the doubt on this one. Brown would have been a battle, during which NOTHING else would have gotten done.
I am still foolishly hoping of rsome kind of Social Security reform (yeah I know – hold yer breath!), and would really like for things to look up in Iraq after this constitutional election.
Bottom line: She is BOUND to be more conservative than O’Connor. Not a bad trade, at the end of the day.
Cheers!
actus
“As if this blog couldn’t get more annoying, you added audio!”
It can’t be all that annoying…you keep coming back!