Appropriate Quote by Peter Baker

If Harriet Miers were not a crony of the president of the United States, her nomination to the Supreme Court would be a joke,…

— Charles Krauthammer

Given her lack of experience, does anyone doubt that Ms. Miers's only qualification to be a Supreme Court justice is her close connection to…

— Randy Barnett

It's not just that Miers has zero judicial experience. It's that she's so transparently a crony/"diversity" pick while so many other vastly more qualified…

— Michelle Malkin

Harriet Miers is totally qualified for the Supreme Court of the United States. Her legal background, her absolute leadership in the legal field when…

— Kay Bailey Hutchison

What I'm critical of is - the White House attacking conservatives, for saying we're elitist for pointing out that Harriet Miers isn't qualified to…

— Ann Coulter

I'm disappointed, depressed, and demoralized. [...] It is very hard to avoid the conclusion that President Bush flinched from a fight on constitutional philosophy.…

— William Kristol

Harriet Miers isn't qualified to play a Supreme Court justice on The West Wing , let alone to be a real one.

— Ann Coulter

It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests…

— George Will

I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in…

— Anonymous

It is extraordinary that each of the three individuals this president [ George W. Bush] has nominated for the Supreme Court - Chief Justice…

— Edward Kennedy

Any Supreme Court confirmation needs to be a thoughtful process, with full respect for the separation of powers outlined in the Constitution.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

“The president and his subordinates have also taken the position that the federal government has a veto over a church’s choice of its ministers…

— Andrew McCarthy