Rhode Islanders for Miers Launches Campaign

I just received a missive regarding potential SCOTUS Justice Harriet Miers and thought it worthy to place before our fine readership. (Which, I'm sure, was the ultimate goal of the senders). The jist of the email was to call for a fair confirmation process, similar to that just completed in the case of Justice Roberts. But there was also some talk of Ms. Miers qualifications

Steering Committee member Joseph B. White stated, “President Bush has once again put forth an extremely capable nominee who embraces mainstream principles of social tolerance, privacy and homeland security. With a career founded on community service, she carries the heart, the passion and the intellect that our nation has come to expect from its Supreme Court justices.”

“Ms. Miers has real-world experience,” said Steering Committee member Fain Gildea. She continued, “Her background as a trial attorney is comforting and the fact that she served as the first female president of a large Dallas law firm and later as the first woman elected president of the state bar is inspiring.”

Steering Committee member Lloyd Monroe added, “Associate Justice Nominee Harriet Miers will bring important practical experience to the Supreme Court earned outside of the bench. Miers, like Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, also has experience in local and state government through her service on the Dallas city-council and later as presiding officer over the Texas Lottery Commission.”