Ixnay on Miers

I could say that I knew this would happen, but I won't. I honestly thought that the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court would go forward to the hearings process. Nope. Miers is outta there, and I am relieved. She was just too much of an unknown, and I had horrible visions of David Souter painted all over this nomination. Now the strategic wrangling begins. I was listening to one of the AM radio talk shows on the way to work and heard an interesting theory: Bush will now nominate a sacrificial lamb who will be filibustered by the Democrats, then the nomination will be dropped. Then, the true nominee will be offered and the Democrats will be afraid to filibuster again for the fear of being viewed as obstructionists. Then again, what if Bush offered up the sacrificial lamb and the Democrats in Congress didn't put up resistance? Then would we be stuck with a lemon. This is going to get interesting. Hanging in the balance is a Supreme Court that currently has a majority that is willing to validate the taking of property from one private party and giving it to another private party in that name of increased tax revenue; that is willing to deny states the right to outlaw a practice that has killed over 30 million babies since 1973, when Roe v. Wade was decided. I am sorry that this country has gotten to the point where we depend this much on the word of nine demi-gods in black robes, but one must work within the system he is provided. The best thing we can do is take back this Court from the left-wing while at the same time, pressuring Congress to do their constitutional duty and limit the power of the lower federal courts and bring them back under their constitutional role as described in that document.

Good Day to You, Sir.