October 28, 2005

A pyrrhic victory for opponents of Miers

By Rick Moran
The withdrawal of Harriet Miers from her nomination as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States was due in no small part to a tiny, but very influential group of conservative writers and thinkers. They viewed the nomination of the President's personal lawyer as a betrayal of both conservative principles and the President's own election year promise to nominate strict constructionists to the high court. And now that these advocates have succeeded, the question must be asked of them: What have you gained? The President has been humiliated and weakened. Democrats have been strengthened and emboldened. The conservative movement is in disarray. And the chances of actually confirming one of their favorites — either Judge Janice Rogers Brown or Priscilla Owen — are about as likely as my pet cat Snowball being capable of reciting the Gettysburg Address. In fact, I am hard pressed to think of anything the opponents of Miers have gained either for themselves or...(Read Full Article)