американская политика

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Насколько хорошим был первый бушевский выбор кандидата в Верховный суд (Робертс), настолько плохим и диким оказался второй (Майерс). Даже крайне правые и консерваторы взбунтовались.

Любопытно будет, если найдётся достаточно республиканцев в сенате, готовых её прокатить.

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A capable lawyer who is careful and fair-minded does sound like positive characteristics.

Для Верховного суда недостаточно.

But she is definitely a crony.

Угу.

In any case, this says little about her actual ideology (even fair-minded people usually have one) besides that she is probably a conservative, given her with for Bush administration.

Проблема не только в том, что у неё неясно какая идеология; но ещё и в том, что непонятно, есть ли у неё вообще юридическая идеология, т.е. сформулированная точка зрения по различным конституционным вопросам, например. Опыт её работы не включал, как правило, обязанностей, которые требовали бы подобных размышлений.

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Well, what is suffecient for the Supreme Court that is not suffecient for an appleals judge, for example? Sharpness of the mind is certainly a prerequisite (a demonstration of what happens that it is lacking is our President). But why do you think that she lacks the IQ?

You are also talking about the lack of judicial experience. It seems necessary for me, too, but it looks like people who know better disagree -- Roberts had the whole of 2 years of it. Many former SCOTUS judges had none before joining the Court.

You accuse her of lacking a formed judicial philosophy. Unfortunately, these days a judicial philosophy is also a political issue (Constitution as a Living Documents, Dead Document, State Rights, Federal Powers, ...). Why do you require someone with a formed set of prejudices? It a truly open mind on a range of problems a liabiilty?