I'm busy with the second draft of my dissertation. It's assembled but loose. ANyway, the Miers thing. Yeah, i think its great that she didn't become SCOTUS. Howard Kurtz seems to be right on target.

Miers's 24 days in the searing spotlight demonstrated many things. One, that the conservative punditocracy is a powerful force, and never more so than when it decides to break with a Republican president. Two, that the normally disciplined White House can look amateurish when it makes as many mistakes as it did on this nomination. Three, that a Supreme Court candidate may be able to survive a thin resume, but not also a bungled questionnaire, unimpressive meetings with senators, an attempt to sell her on religious grounds, gushing letters to her boss, and no trace of ever trying to seriously address constitutional issues. Four, that nominating cronies is risky business. Five, that the party seems divided (former senator Jack Danforth told CNN that the activists' attacks were "mean" and "outrageous," though they simply used the power of their words to undermine a shaky nominee). Six, that presidents really do seem snakebitten in their second terms (see Watergate, Iran-contra, Lewinsky).

So, not only was she a crony, but had no con law experience, and she's never been a judge. If the constitution framers wanted the SCOTUS to be made up of essentially lay-people, they would have said so.