Supreme Court

Uh think that was chosen this morning… Harriet Meirs…

I was hoping for Janice Rogers Brown.

I don’t know a lot about his Meirs, although I believe she was a Dem at one point.

From the brief snippits I read, it looks like she is probably “pro-life”. I saw something where she wanted to revist the abortion ruling or something. I didn’t have time to read the article though.

shrugs

@DarthMaximus:

From the brief snippits I read, it looks like she is probably “pro-life”. I saw something where she wanted to revist the abortion ruling or something.

Do you really think GWB would propose anyone who is not decidedly pro-life? I doubt it … even though her positions formally are “unknown”, i am pretty sure she will turn out to be very pro-life. Somehow i think she will be much more liberal on other topics.

Very true Falk.

And the fact the Bush has known her for so long, I’m sure she is pro-life.

The concern (from some conservative groups) is she hasn’t ruled on anything that gives “proof” that she would be pro-life or that she is “conservative enough” etc…

Conservatives have been “burned” before, ie both Reagan and Bush 41 pick Justices who they thought were conservative but didn’t have a paper trail of rulings and it turns out they are more liberal then many supporters would like.

From what I read/saw yesterday Miers seems like she’d be a good Judge.
I haven’t heard anything that would disqualify her. She wouldn’t have been my first pick but you really can’t tell what kind of a Supreme Court Judge someone is until they are sitting on the Bench and making rulings for a few years.

I’ve heard a lot of conservatives complaining about the choice. Could it be W is counting on his face down card(Miers[sp.?])??

Here’s another perspective…
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=4876

She donated $1000 to Gore’s campaign. I can’t see a pro-lifer doing that.

@Mary:

She donated $1000 to Gore’s campaign. I can’t see a pro-lifer doing that.

I can. I believe Gore used to be Pro-Life. So did Joe Libermann, among others.

This was back in 1988. Many “Southern Democrats” were Pro-Life. It was never a political death sentence to be a Pro-Life Dem till 90’s.

Obviously there were more Pro Choice Dems then Pro-Life but it was never a political death sentence till more recently.

Liebermann was Pro-Life up till 2000. I believe Zell Miller is Pro-Life as well.

Personally I think Miers is Pro-Life and could turn out to be very conservative. Bush has known her for a long time and I don’t think he would have nominated her if he didn’t know she was a strict Constructionist.

I think it was the 2000 election. I’ll double check the LA TIMES article, but I’m pretty sure.

Edit: You’re right, it was 1988. Was Gore pro-life back then?

I thought he (Gore) was, but it may have been before 88. I know he ran for Pres but lost to Dukakis that year. Maybe he switched, or maybe that is why he didn’t get the nod???

Him being from TN, it wouldn’t surprise me and Tipper was all about getting warning labels on Music. Very “Pro Family” if you will.

So, I could be wrong about Gore specifically but I know back in the 80’s maybe even early 90’s, the Dems didn’t seem so fanatic about having to be “Pro-Choice”, so I know there are some current Dems who had been Pro-Life in the past, but are now Pro-Choice.

I would guess if there were Pro-Life Dems in the 80’s early 90’s that they would be from the South Ya know the “Southern Dems” or “Reagan Dems”.