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A Lessons from Henry II

One of the arguments being bruited about, even by the President in this mornings presser, in defense of the Mier appointment is that in spite of a relatively lack of documentation to establish the views of the nominee, this is not anything to be concerned about, since the President has a long standing personal knowledge of her, and based on this, has full confidence that she will make decisions based on an originalist judicial attitude.

It was similar personal knowledge and assurance that let Henry II to appoint Thomas a Beckett, his long-time friend, confidante, and chancellor as Archbishop of Canterbury, in an effort to subject the rulings of the ecclesiatical court system to the monarch. Said attempt failed, when Beckett discovered and acted on a new-found spirit of independence once he was esconced in his new office.

The rest, as they say, is history, which led eventually to Beckett's murder, and Henry on his knees before the Pope to gain absolution.

Bush had better hope, that HIS judgement of his personal attorney is more accurate than Henry's was of his chancellor, or it could well be the death knell of constitutional government in the United States.

In Midcareer, a Turn to Faith to Fill a Void

Interesting backgrounder. If accurate, it tends to reinforce the cautiously optimistic part of the Chief's evaluation of the appointment brouhaha.

SDP has a post that shows a communist leading some anti-war protestors. Chad Schuldt should pick a time so we can watch him eating crow.This comment from the post also demonstrates a disturbing MSM:The San Francisco Chronicle featured the original...

President Bush has nominated Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court to replace Justice O'Connor. You can view her White House bio here. The Washington Post did a profile of her back in June, which you can check out here. HT...

The Islamofascists have murdered at least 26 in Bali. Naturally, as these "freedom fighters" prefer, they were mostly innocent tourists going about their business. Click over to Tim Blair's and scroll down for all of the latest news....

In coordination with Progress for America, several states have launched websites in support of Harriet Miers. Nebraska is one of them: NEforJusticeMiers.com. The ad-hoc coalition is chaired by Steve Grasz, former Chief Deputy Attorney General for Nebraska....

Bush picks insider for Supreme Court

President George W. Bush on Monday nominated a member of his inner circle, White House counsel Harriet Miers, for a Supreme Court vacancy, choosing a woman with plenty of legal experience but who is not a judge to replace the retiring Sandra Day O'Connor.

Who really knows anything about Miers? Is she REALLY a judicial originalist, or another lib running under false colors? According to this AP report, there's a bit of contradictory political evidence.

In 1988, Miers, then a lawyer in private practice, donated $1,000 to Gore, the Tennessee Democrat then seeking the party's presidential nomination, according to Federal Election Commission reports. Gore eventually bowed out and Michael Dukakis secured the nomination.

In 2000, Miers contributed to the campaign of Texas Gov. George W. Bush, who was running against Gore that year. When the votes were still being counted in Florida and the outcome was in doubt, she gave $5,000 to the Bush-Cheney Inc. Recount Fund, according to the non- partisan Political MoneyLine.

Time will tell.

Goodbye, you crooked old scoundrel. A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, an indictment that likely will force him to step down as House majority leader....

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