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Who is more qualified Harriet Miers or Kegger Kagan?

Miers was dissed as unqualified, but Kagan takes the cake. And eats it by herself.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Neither one.

    Here's an idea. If we are to assign a Judge to the Supreme court..let's make sure they are a Judge first.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Miers was dismissed because she was completely unprepared for the confirmation hearings...

    "Early one-on-one meetings between Miers and the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee were said to have gone poorly, and the White House considered suspending them to focus on preparation for the confirmation hearings. In an unprecedented move, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter and ranking Democrat Patrick Leahy also requested that Miers re-do some of her answers to the questionnaire submitted to her by the Committee, noting that her responses were "inadequate," "insufficient," and "insulting" because she failed or refused to adequately answer various questions with acceptable accuracy or with sufficient detail.

    After Miers failed in these private meetings, Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Sam Brownback began drafting a letter asking the President's office to turn over legal memoranda and briefs Miers had written for Bush, in order to elucidate her views on political matters. Brownback and Graham knew the memos were protected by executive privilege, that the White House was not required to turn them over, and that Miers could refuse to deliver the memos and then ostensibly step down on principle. Miers would later use this request as part of a face-saving exit strategy for stepping down - in her letter withdrawing her nomination, she pointed to the senators' request for confidential documents as potentially damaging the executive branch's independence."

    Miers then withdrew her own nomination.

    Kagan has not been through hearings yet, so it remains to be seen if she is prepared and qualified.

    However, 40 previous Supreme court justices had no prior judicial experience. Including William Rehnquist, John Marshall and Earl Warren. Experience is not the issue, being prepared and qualified is.

    http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/justic...

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't think you yet have the least amount of information to pass judgment on her at this point nor will you probably ever make the effort since I'd bet Fox News and Rush Limbaugh form your opinions for you.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    There is a long list of justices who were never judges. It is not a requirement, nor should it be.

    If experience with judging is all that matters, he should nominate Paula Abdul.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Bush's cleaning lady or the Dean of Harvard Law?

    Put the faux news DOWN!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    if you vote G-O-P you already know the answer dude....LONG LIVE THE G-O-P

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