Good Point About MiersCarol Platt Liebau
raises this argument:
(1) Ideology. Forcing a Miers withdrawal before her hearings, and clearly on the basis of ideology, legitimizes the idea that ideology is a sufficient reason for opposition to otherwise qualified (if not optimal) judicial nominees. Not only is this an inversion of the traditional GOP argument against the Democrats, it is also inconsistent with Republicans' treatment of, say, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Ginsburg was
confirmed by a 96-3 vote. All three nay votes were Republican. So if Republicans were to vote on Miers the way they did on Ginsburg, she'd win passage with at least 52 Republican votes.