Miered in opposition

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At 8:30 PM President Bush received a letter from Harriet Miers. This was no ordinary letter, it was a letter that should make every Conservative Christian in America very happy. Here is that very letter.
Oct. 27, 2005
Dear Mr. President:
I write to withdraw as a nominee to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. I have been greatly honored and humbled by the confidence that you have shown in me, and have appreciated immensely your support and the support of many others. However, I am concerned that the confirmation process presents a burden for the White House and our staff that is not in the best interest of the country.

As you know, members of the Senate have indicated their intention to seek documents about my service in the White House in order to judge whether to support me. I have been informed repeatedly that in lieu of records, I would be expected to testify about my service in the White House to demonstrate my experience and judicial philosophy. While I believe that my lengthy career provides sufficient evidence for consideration of my nomination, I am convinced the efforts to obtain Executive Branch materials and information will continue.
As I stated in my acceptance remarks in the Oval Office, the strength and independence of our three branches of government are critical to the continued success of this great Nation. Repeatedly in the course of the process of confirmation for nominees for other positions, I have steadfastly maintained that the independence of the Executive Branch be preserved and its confidential documents and information not be released to further a confirmation process. I feel compelled to adhere to this position, especially related to my own nomination. Protection of the prerogatives of the Executive Branch and continued pursuit of my confirmation are in tension. I have decided that seeking my confirmation should yield.

I share your commitment to appointing judges with a conservative judicial philosophy, and I look forward to continuing to support your efforts to provide the American people judges who will interpret the law, not make it. I am most grateful for the opportunity to have served your Administration and this country.
Most respectfully,
Harriet Ellan Miers

She blames her stepping down on the Senate's pressing her for information about her private meetings with the President. How coy. She must think us all fools! the Senate would surely continue to press her for this information, but she knows very well that she would never be required to divulge this kind of info. Those things are private and such can not be used to refuse her nomination. The Senate's Advise and Consent of a Presidential nominee does not require such secret meetings to be revealed. Does no one remember the Rice and Roberts hearings? No, this withdrawal came about because fellow Conservative Americans have made a withdrawal of their own; their gracious support of the President.

This anemic support from the President's base has been due to his abandonment of the Conservative agenda and appeasement tactics regarding Socialist Liberals who seek to thwart our assumably shared historically important agenda. His nomination of Miers was a slap in the face of all who worry, with good reason, about the overwhelmingly Liberal face of the Supreme Court. Although I have laid out this scenario for you in many previous posts dating back as far as Feb. 16th of 2004, I will briefly explain it again. For More info, see these previous Squamata Report posts about this very subject: MEN IN BLACK , Supreme Court Kings , The Constitutional Option , Extraordinary Circumstances , Penumbra of Emanation , and Miers appointment;Political appeasement?

When George Bush tried to nominate strict constructionalist Justices with impeccable records to the appellate court, he was attacked by ravaging Liberals, foaming at the mouth about their being 'Too extreame'. One of His picks was a black American woman named Janice Rodgers Brown who had been raised in the Jim Crow south and fought for Conservative Christian values and equality her whole life. She had a stellar career as a trial judge and her qualifications were astounding.


Two other nominations that were attacked by the rabid Socialist Democrats in the Senate were Priscilla Owen (Texas) and Bill Pryor (Alabama). The Democrats knew they did not have enough votes to stop these appointments so they threatened to fillibuster them. Since there was never a true precedence for this, and the Constitution never intended for the filibuster to be used in this manner, the Senate Republicans decided that they would vote to change the wording of Senate rule 22, so that it expressly prohibits the filibustering of Judicial Nominees. Before this action could take place, John McCain and a small group of other Liberal Senators formed a 14 man (*cough*) bipartisan group that blocked the fight to change the rule. The agreement reached by these sellouts disallowed the filibuster barring 'Extraordinary Circumstances', and found that all three nominees, Brown, Owen, and Pryor did not qualify as extreme circumstances. As a result, the three were appointed to the appellate bench.

Now, when O'Connor and Rhenquist's seats were vacated, Bush had the opportunity to replace them with strict Constitutionalist Conservatives who would uphold the letter of the Constitution and not legislate from the bench. An un-Constitutional practice that led to Roe v Wade, Kelo v New London, etc. Taking away many rights such as Property rights and the un-born's right to life. Bush nominated Roberts and we all expected that he was a good replacement for a wishy washy O'Connor. Then he became a sub-par replacement for the deceased Rhenquist. Conservatives were still ok with this because we knew the next nominee would be a great one. We knew the next justice would uphold the Constitution and stop the bloodletting of judeo Christian rights that were guaranteed by the founding fathers. By doing so, he would also insure that the Democrats would violate their own agreement and use the filibuster. Thereby re-instigating the Senate fight to change rule 22. This fight must be fought NOW! If it is left until next year, we could lose the majority in the Senate and mortgage our children and grandchildren's future.

Instead of being bold and fearless as he has been in the war on terror, and nominating someone like Justice Brown (who has already been considered 'not' to be an 'extraordinary circumstance') insuring that we fight now and win, he offers up Harriet Miers, a virtually unknown who has not struggled and fought the good fight as a judge, and has questionable stances. The Miers nomination was an act of appeasement. By selecting her he set the example that being a Conservative Christian is something to be ashamed of. Sending the message that the only way we can be represented on the court is to be stealthy and conceal our true agenda.

So when you hear that the Conservative base had abandoned Bush because of his pick of someone who was not a judge, or that her credentials were not up to our standards, or the other idiotic reasons, remember, we are angry because he displayed political cowardice, and we will continue to lose faith in him unless he stands strong and fights the good fight. We want him to assure us that future generations wont have to suffer under a nine man oligarchy bent on criminalizing Conservatives and Capitalism and classifying Christians as a hate group. If he nominates anyone short of a staunch Conservative..... he will continue to see his constituency oppose him!