Good point, Sam.
It is of enormous importance to everyone involved in the law -- certainly should be to law librarians. The fact that political issues factor into the nomination/confirmation process is wildly off point. The outcome of the nomination process here, ferreting out Miers' qualifications (or lack of them), her possible impact on the law for the next generation ... none of this should be trivialized by labeling the discussion "political."
Unfortunately, as we've already heard, the administration is planning to refuse any/all requests for the work product she produced while under Bush's wing, justifying this with "executive privilege."
We're apt to end up knowing much less about her than we knew about Roberts when he was confirmed.
Stanley
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu on behalf of Samuel E Trosow
Sent: Thu 10/6/2005 4:54 PM
To: Merring, Lynn
Cc: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: RE: Harriet Miers - Supreme Court Nominee
The make up of the Supreme Court is an issue that has a profound affect on all
of us. This goes for our personal as well as professional lives. Supreme Court
nominations are few and far between. Unlike elections, which can be figured
with some regularity, Supreme Court nominations are very special events. All
the moreso when the balance on the court is so tenuous and important policy
issues hang in the balance. As participants in the legal system, law librarians,
like others certain should be engaged in the process. Trying to squelch
discussion over a particular policy issue is an unfortunate, yet recurring
occurance on this list, yet it comes up from time to time. All in all I think
people on this list are quite capable of picking and chosing amongst the variety
of topics on this board to read and respond to. We don't need self-appointed
censors like yourself to tell us what is appropriate.
But if you must have the discussion framed in terms of a research question to
pass your own litmus test of propriety on this list, then what can you find out
about her record that gives us any evidence about how she may respond to the
important issues of the day?
Sam Trosow
University of Western Ontario
----- Original Message -----
From: "Merring, Lynn" <LMerring@SYCR.com>
Date: Thursday, October 6, 2005 4:46 pm
Subject: RE: Harriet Miers - Supreme Court Nominee
> Could we not turn this into a political discussion board, please?
> If you've
> got a serious research issue about Mier, cool. If all you want to
> do is bash
> a political figure - not appropriate for this board.
>
> Lynn Connor Merring
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MGMEDIATOR@aol.com [mailto:MGMEDIATOR@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:25 PM
> To: rshutt@netspace.net.au; law-lib@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Re: Harriet Miers - Supreme Court Nominee
>
>
>
> Obviously she limits her contact to very small circles of men that
> she has
> met...we need much more than a big band as mr bush would have been
> betterserved wearing a Tuba when he made the announcement...sorta
> like the
> broadway play the music man with him confusing instruments as
> usual...orblowing on the wrong end of them....seems he has been
> allowed to be off
> script a lot lately as his inner circle faces criminal inquiries
> and knee
> surgery or are just plain out to vacation (or lunch)... and rumors
> also have
> it that he is hitting the bottle again....guess he needs to beware
> of not
> attempting to eat pretzels at the same time, we all know what
> happened last
> time...or do we???
>
> cheers.....& peace be with ya....
>
> In a message dated 10/6/2005 3:03:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> rshutt@netspace.net.au writes:
>
> Can any USA Law-Libber vouch for the accuracy of reports we are
> getting in our daily press here in Australia that Harriet Miers has
>
> described George W. Bush
> as "the most brilliant man (she) has ever met".
>
> If these reports are true, and if the good lady truly believes that
>
> assertion, ought not a big band be playing, "Don't Get Around Much
> Anymore" as her theme tune ?
>
> Just my two cents worth : - )
>
> Ron Huttner LL.B. (Hons)
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> Melbourne
> Australia
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