Muck and Miers: In Bush We Trust

During recess at elementary schools across the country, when it comes time for dodgeball captains to pick their teams, they always choose their best friends first. President Bush has taken his definition of “friendship” to a whole other, supreme, level. In his recent nomination of his good friend Harriet Miers as a United States Supreme Court, Bush encouraged the American public to do one thing, trust him. After all, this is the same president who continues to fight an endless war in Iraq and recently proved his lack of trustworthiness in coming to the immediate aid of suffering Americans in the Gulf Coast. Placing his shortcomings to the side, his most recent move on the federal chessboard has even left his own Republican party dazed and confused.

There are many reasons why Republicans and Democrats question Miers ability to serve her country as a Supreme Court justice. Her first strike is that she has no track record on key federal discussions, including abortion and the definition of marriage. The inability of congressmen and congresswomen to, for lack of better terms, “feel her out,” has created an indecisive group on Capitol Hill. Supreme Court justices were put in place to interpret the law, not create new ones. However, they can decide to vote against key court decisions like Roe v. Wade, preventing a woman’s right to choose. While Miers hasn’t directly voted on this issue, her actions suggest that she sways towards pro-life activists. Before she is approved, Miers religious, moral, ethical and political views will be questioned to determine exactly where she stands. However, if approved, her beliefs will mean nothing, for the American public will only remember one person, in whom they trust.

By Atira Kei Henderson
Communications Law Student