Nanna-
If derogatory statements have been directed anywhere in this thread, I think they've been focused through Miers on the administration's disastrous record of cronyism (most glaring recent example is, of course, appointing a failed Arabian Horse judge to run FEMA). Questions about Ms. Miers' qualifications and views are of supreme importance to anyone who cares about, or is involved in the law. And to the degree that the administration resists the release of documents written by her, enquiring minds should be asking why.
Comparing her case to Justice Powell is silly, actually. Read the biographical information you posted. Powell was not a crony of the administration that appointed him. Ms. Miers may be qualified -- we may never know -- but describing her as a "crony" is not a political judgment. It's a fact.
Stanley
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Stanley R. Conrad, JD/MLS
Reference / Special Collections Librarian
Rittenberg Law Library
St. John's University School of Law
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-----Original Message-----
From: Frye, Nanna [mailto:Nanna.Frye@jud.ca.gov]
Sent: Thu 10/6/2005 6:24 PM
To: Stanley R. Conrad; Samuel E Trosow
Cc: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: RE: Harriet Miers - Supreme Court Nominee
I am tired of the derogatory statements and intimations that
Harriet Miers is unqualified solely because she has no prior judicial
experience. Are you prepared to state that all nominees must have prior
judicial experience? If so, then you are saying that U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Lewis Powell was unqualified for the position. Here is his
biographical information posted by the Supreme Court Historical Society.
LEWIS F. POWELL, JR., was born in Suffolk, Virginia, on September 19,
1907, and lived most of his life in Richmond, Virginia. He was graduated
from Washington and Lee University in 1929 and from Washington and Lee
University Law School in 1931. In 1932, he received a master's degree
from Harvard Law School. Powell entered practice with a Richmond law
firm, where he became a senior partner and continued his association
until 1971. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air
Force in Europe and North America. After the War, Powell resumed his law
practice. He served as the President of the American Bar Association
from 1964 to 1965 and of the American College of Trial Lawyers from 1968
to 1969. In 1966, he served as a member of President Lyndon B. Johnson's
Crime Commission. On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon
nominated Powell to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate
confirmed the appointment on December 6, 1971. Powell served on the
Supreme Court for fifteen years. He retired on June 26, 1987, at the age
of seventy-nine.
Justice Powell is not a rare anomaly. One of the justices for
the court where I work did not have judicial experience prior to his
appointment and he is a most excellent jurist.
Nanna Frye, Law Librarian
Court of Appeal
San Diego, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of Stanley R. Conrad
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 2:42 PM
To: Samuel E Trosow
Cc: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: RE: Harriet Miers - Supreme Court Nominee
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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Stanley R. Conrad, JD/MLS
Reference / Special Collections Librarian Rittenberg Law Library St.
John's University School of Law 8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, NY 11439
conrads@stjohns.edu
718-990-2012 (voice)
718-990-6649 (fax)
-----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
> Librarian & Records Manager
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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 : - )
>
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