Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (142811)	10/13/2005 6:46:11 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

Have you all noticed that Meirs is totally being tried by opinion, and not much fact at all? That's because, when it comes to qualifying to be on the Supreme court, there aren't many facts to know. And what are known are not in her favor. Her only comment so far was the "Warren" gaff.

To: KLP who wrote (142811)	10/13/2005 7:23:56 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793955

Every year, someone graduates number one from Stanford Law School. Every year, several graduate summa cum laude from Harvard Law. And Yale. And Columbia. Every year, there is an editor of the Law Review at NYU. And at Penn, and Virginia and Northwestern. After several years, we find thousands of these distinguished students accumulated in the legal profession. Many become brilliant lawyers, many become brilliant law professors and many become brilliant judges. Most federal appellate judges, whether liberal or conservative, have excellent academic credentials. And so do the justices appointed to the USSC. Roberts, Harvard. Thomas, Yale. Souter, Harvard. Stevens, Northwestern. Scalia, Harvard. O'Connor, Stanford. Kennedy, Harvard. Breyer, Stanford. Ginsburg, Harvard. (Rehnquist, Stanford.) Every one of these justices has distinguished themselves academically by finishing first in their class, editing their Law Review, clerking for Supreme Court justices or receiving awards and post graduate scholarships to Oxford and other institutions. So how does Miers stack up with these legal scholars? You tell me.