Judge Robert Bork, the conservative judge who was dragged through the mud during confirmation hearings back in the 1980's, has penned another editorial about the Miers nomination, and it's great reading, as usual. It's on the Wall Street Journal's Opinion page, requiring free registration. Get it here.
Republican Con-Law expert and Bush Kool-Aid Drinker Hugh Hewitt has been going after other conservatives who don't support the nomination relentlessly the last couple of weeks. It's amazing to see him reach for positive comments and pretend that his "side" is winning this argument, in the light of so much well-written heat from prominent conservatives. Consider this amazing statement:
On Miers' side to date: Ken Starr, Lino Gralia, Thomas Sowell, James Dobson, Jay
Sekulow, Marvin Olasky, Chuck Colson, Michael Medved, William Rusher, R. Emmett Tyrrell and of course Fred Barnes. Against her: The Corner, Tucker Carlson, Bill Kristol, Robert Bork, Mark Levin, George Will, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage, and Charles Krauthhammer. I like those odds.
"I like those odds???" You have got to be kidding me. And I've listened, by the way, to James Dobson describing his support for Ms. Miers. I'd actually call it "indifference," if you want to be accurate. On his appearance on Michael Medved's radio show last week, he gave his support but grudgingly. He admitted he didn't have any special inside knowledge, and that he was basing his support strictly on the fact that the president has explicitly asked for it. I haven't heard much from the other "supporters," but at least with guys like Dobson, Sekulow, Olasky, and Colson you're talking specifically about evangelical Christian leaders; not experts in constitutional law OR politics, so how much weight can you give them?
Anyway, yesterday Hugh took issue with Bork's statement about the president's amnesty plan for illegal aliens. Although the president, of course, doesn't call it that, that is what it is. He has called it a "Guest Worker Program," and recently started referring to it as a "Temporary Worker Program." But with the end-result normally being citizenship, it's effectively an amnesty plan.
Today Republicans and Democrats alike are complaining about Ms Miers's "inadequate" answers to the questionnaire they gave her. National Review has posted a PDF of the 57-page document here. And Michelle Malkin has a good roundup of opinions on it. Things do not appear to be getting better. It will be an interesting couple of weeks...
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