Isn’t the Supreme Court elite?

Conservative Charles Krauthammer argued in this column that Harriet Miers’ nomination should be withdrawn because she is not qualified for the job. He went on to argue against the growing cries of “elitism”:
“It will be argued that this criticism is elitist. But this is not about the Ivy League. The issue is not the venue of Miers’ constitutional scholarship, experience and engagement. The issue is their nonexistence.
“Moreover, the Supreme Court is an elite institution. It is not one of the ‘popular’ branches of government. That is the reason Sen. Roman Hruska achieved such unsought immortality when he declared, in support of an undistinguished Nixon nominee to the court, that, yes, G. Harrold Carswell is a mediocrity but mediocre Americans deserve representation on the court as well.”
Posted by Melissa Cooley

3 Comments

  1. Ed Friedemann
    Posted October 9, 2005 at 5:23 pm | Permalink

    Melissa, my sweet, you’re not attracting any attention, so being a damsel in distress, like your post, Ed dismounts his mighty steed and says: there, there, hath thee no fun, no fury? { she’s wearing too much eyeliner, kido, looks scary }

  2. XXX
    Posted October 9, 2005 at 10:15 pm | Permalink

    Jeez Ed, that’s a pretty good line. I’ll have to try that sometime, lol.

  3. Ed Friedemann
    Posted October 12, 2005 at 5:00 pm | Permalink

    Karl Rove discusses her religious views, which are far-right, with other evangelical nut-cases.

    http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/12/D8D6JKBGC.html