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Originally Posted by tecoyah
President Bush on November 17 named Harriet Miers as White House counsel, a position she will hold upon the Senate confirmation of Alberto Gonzales -- current White House counsel -- as U.S. Attorney General.
Most recently, Miers served as Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary. Prior to that, she was Co-Managing Partner at Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP. Previously, she was President of Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, where she worked from 1972 until 1999. From 1995 until 2000, she was chair of the Texas Lottery Commission. In 1992, Harriet became the first woman president of the Texas State Bar, and in 1985 she became the first woman president of the Dallas Bar Association. She also served as a Member-At-Large on the Dallas City Council. Harriet received both her undergraduate and law degrees from Southern Methodist University.
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I appreciate the posting of that resume. In looking at it carefully, I'm struck by the lack of anything that jumps out and says "this person is well qualified to be an Associate Justice of the SCOUS. I'm not seeing anything that would make me think she'd be someone we'd want on a Circuit Court, or a State Supreme Court.
I'm not questioning her intellect or ability to render appellate decisions, because I just don't know--and that's the trouble here. I'd have the same opinion if Clinton had tried to appoint Bruce Lindsey to the Supreme Court--my antenna would be WAY up on this.