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By Carol Platt Liebau Posted in Analysis and Predictions — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Everyone relax. No one is arguing (or has argued) that Harriet Miers was the "most qualified" candidate to sit on the Court.

But for me, the sine qua non of an acceptable justice is (1) a strict constructionist/originalist judicial philosophy and (2) the character to maintain it after elevation to the Court.

Still hoping and waiting for more information on the former, but there's reason for hope about the latter (aside from the fact that any prominent female professional who's openlyl pro-life can't be excessively worried about public opinion).

Here's a quote from Harriet Miers in the 1996 Texas Lawyer (HT: Hugh Hewitt):

I'm not universally liked by everyone because I have very strong views of what's right and wrong, and I take my positions seriously and I fight for them strongly. And the role on the council was different in the sense that you really, in that arena, have to take the positions you feel are in the best interest of the city. And on a variety of very controversial issues, I felt very strongly about them and took a very aggressive position, and as to some of the council members, that made me unpopular because they were on the other side of those issues."

More extensive excerpts at Evan Schaeffer.