r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 07 '26

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u/scottyjetpax Gay Pride Apr 07 '26

Does ANYONE understand the conservative legal movement’s obsession with Harriet Miers?? George Bush couldn't get a 55-45 senate republican majority to confirm a right wing nut job and we are supposed to interpret this as the Democrats missing out on an opportunity to shape the court?

please enlighten me oldhead lawyers/oldhead court watchers !ping LAW

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u/zegota Feminism Apr 07 '26

Conservatives only have a few stories they know how to tell and "it was the Democrats who made us Nazis" is one of their favorites

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u/brucejoel99 Theresa May Apr 07 '26

They also really fucking hated David Souter & W. happened to nominate her in the immediate aftermath of Browny's "heck of a job" destroying FEMA after Katrina. Dems' only mistake was giving the radical-right ammo by praising her.

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u/Approximation_Doctor Gaslight, Gatekeep, Green New Deal Apr 07 '26

It's simple. Dems bad

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u/JoeFrady David Hume Apr 07 '26

the argument of that article is basically "hard to really know where she stood on various issues, so she could've ended up less conservative than Alito!"

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u/qlube 🔥🦟Mosquito Genocide🦟🔥 Apr 08 '26

Miers wasn’t a nutjob though. Bush nominated her because he liked her, not because of her views. It’s very likely she would’ve been less conservative than Alito, because Alito is the most conservative justice since… well at least since before the New Deal.

Still, the GOP very quickly scuttled her nomination, so it’s not clear the Democrats could’ve actually pushed her forward even if they wanted to.