Waiting for Fitzgerald

[Secret_Agent_Man]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/...eut/index.html

"Report: Miers said 'self-determination' should guide decisions"

A brief excerpt:

"Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, in speeches a decade ago, said 'self-determination' should guide decisions about abortion and also defended social activism, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

"The speeches, which she provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, offer some of the clearest insights yet into Miers' thinking on contentious social issues that could come before before the Supreme Court, the newspaper said.

"Miers talked about abortion, the separation of church and state, and how the issues play out in the legal system in a 1993 speech to a Dallas women's group, the newspaper said.

"'The underlying theme in most of these cases is the insistence of more self-determination,' Miers said in an excerpt reported by the Post. 'And the more I think about these issues, the more self-determination makes sense.'

"In speeches delivered when she was president of the Texas bar association, Miers also defended judges who order lawmakers to address social concerns, the newspaper said."

From a purely results-oriented perspective, I think the Dems would be fools to oppose Harriet Miers. She seems to be about the best we could possibly hope for from Bush II ideologically -- maybe even better.

S_A_M