I see that Harriet Miers thinks that there such a thing as "the proportional representation requirement of the Equal Protection Clause." As in, the Constitution requires that ethnic and racial groups be “proportionally represented” in deliberative bodies? Most educated people would say "huh?" Of the group that wouldn't, how many are nominees for the Supreme Court?
Her hearings should be amusing, along the lines of a reality show. I don’t watch those shows, but I do remember a very entertaining show from my youth called “The Gong Show.” The point of those shows was that people came out, did stupid things, and were laughed off the stage. The joke was that the “performers” seemed to be taking the whole thing seriously.
I have similar hopes and expectations for the Harriet Miers show. I am now considering moving the Miers nomination off of my Supreme Court archive and into my Television archive. For now it's in both categories.
And, no, I'm don't think I'm being elitist. I know some very bright people who didn't have an Ivy League education but who could handle the Supreme Court just fine. I also know others who had essentially no formal education, and whose speech is not polished eastern liberal elite. Part of what makes them bright is that they know what they can and can't do, just like I know better than to try to fix a car or to speak at a quantum physics conference. They don't get themselves into situations where they look ludicrous.
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