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To: haqihana who wrote (143072)	10/15/2005 11:31:52 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793926

A graduate of any University is only 4 years older, and has learned a basic knowledge of his chosen field, but still has not yet proven that he can cut the mustard And IMO, if someone at that age had the drive and brights to get into and excel in 7 years of Top 10 university education, they should be that much further ahead in our estimation. It's not like we're picking folks like Dubya that rode it out. These are people graduating at the top of their classes at top schools. That counts for something. You're right that the university credential is only part of the package - we also have to look at what they did in their professional and personal lives. What did Harriet Meirs contribute to the profession? To my knowledge, there is absolutely no evidence of scholarship, let alone Constitutional Law scholarship, in her entire career. That I know of, she had one notable case for Microsoft as a notch in her belt. IMO, she doesn't rise to the most mediocre of the other potentials Bush could have picked. As far as the Supreme Court is concerned, I would prefer someone like a country judge, that cares only about what is right, and what is wrong, with the absence of politics I have to disagree here, haq. Most definately what the court does NOT need is someone that only cares for what is right and wrong. That's been the trouble with the liberal Justices for half a century - they mold the law to their own personal view of morality. I'd rather see a law nerd on the bench that can make a studied argument for turning the tide for federalism. More Calebresi or Posner, less Justice Stevens. Derek