Miers for Justice

In what is being hailed by many as a betrayal, President Bush nominated Harriet Meirs to replace the retiring Sandra Day O'Connor. It comes as hardly a surprise to me that Bush nominated someone that seems less than conservative. Seems pretty consistent with his positions thus far.

I remember back in 1999 discussing the then upcoming political election with many of my older and supposedly wiser political friends at the time. The discussion became somewhat heated when I suggested that I was considering voting for a third party candidate.

'Eric, you do not understand the importance of the federal judiciary and voting for a third party is throwing away your vote.'

At the time, I bought the lies and voted, regretfully, for Bush. Fortunately, this incident has taught me to stand up for the values that I believe in and to not capitulate for the sake of a hollow victory.

UPDATE: 12pm -World Net Daily is reporting a few interesting tidbits regarding Miers:

-"As White House counsel, Ms. Miers either approved of the Department of Defense's illegal assignments of women in units required to be all-male, which is still continuing in violation of the law requiring notice to Congress in advance, or she was oblivious to the legal consequences of those assignments,"
-Miers approved the Bush administrations retention of President Clinton's "don't ask, don't tell" regulations, which, she says, are different from the 1993 law passed by Congress.
- She submitted a 1999 report to the ABA's house of delegates that included recommendations to develop and establish an International Criminal Court...

The Real Effect
I smell a big fat trap here. I'm not quite sure what the given plan will be, but I float this by you for your consideration.

Bush is deliberately placing inexperienced justices on the court to plant a plausible reason for people when the justices rule to exterminate even more freedoms than they have already. I believe that it is possible that these 'inexperienced' judges will rule to permit the 'chipping' of society as played out by Senator Joseph Biden during the Roberts nomination hearing. Here is an audio clip of Senator Biden telling Roberts that he will rule on the issue.

Whatever the potential scenario, this is NOT what the conservatives in this country have lobbied for years for. This reveals Bush as a phony and sheds light on what his aim really is. Globalism.


Edited for appearance and labels on 4/13/2010.