The New Road

Hah, hah, what goes around comes around

I loved how when it came to Roberts the righties were all on about how little oversight the Congress should have over judicial nominations. Basically relegating Congress to a rubber stamp. Hey! Bush won, right! Get over it!

Now the righties are all upset about Miers. Here is George Will, bow tie guy:

"...The president has forfeited his right to be trusted as a custodian of the Constitution. ... It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto undisclosed interests and talents pertinent to the court's role. Otherwise the sound principle of substantial deference to a president's choice of judicial nominees will dissolve into a rationalization for senatorial abdication of the duty to hold presidents to some standards of seriousness that will prevent them from reducing the Supreme Court to a private plaything useful for fulfilling whims on behalf of friends."

Wow! George! That's strong stuff.

So now he wants Senatorial oversight. Nice. You can't have it both ways George. Either Congress has a role (it does, actually, check your Consititution), or it doesn't. You can't just ask for oversight when you need it, and shun it when you don't.

Moron.