Miers

I don't want Congress to be 535 lawyers. Congress needs some occupational diversity. But what about the Supreme Court?

"Even if he is mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they?" - Roman Hruska in defense of Harold Carswell on the charges that he was 'mediocre'. A Nixon nominee, Carswell was rejected by the Senate.

I disagree.

But first, let me do a little "Paul Harvey"-style aside. Justice Abe Fortas was forced to resign after it had been learned by he accepted cash from a businessman under investigation. Nixon nominees Clement Haynsworth and Harold Carswell were rejected by Senate. In exasperation he went for the safe but not well known Harry Blackmun -- who later went on to write the majority opinion in Roe v. Wade

Rather than being a man or woman of the people, I want a pilot's pilot, a surgeon's surgeon, a genius like Scalia or a near-genius like Thomas to craft the opinion that will reverse Roe and maybe Griswald as well.

God save this honorable court! God bless America!