What Is John Roberts' Shoe Size?

Bush looked high and low for the most qualified person he could find to sit on America’s highest court, and settled on…. his lawyer.

Quick -- what is John Roberts' shoe size?

You don't know? I guess Bush never considered it that important.

But at a 1996 awards ceremony, he called Harriet Miers a "a pit bull in size 6 shoes."

Very funny. Cute, but like Bush's habit of bestowing nicknames, also crass and demeaning. Would he have something similar about a man?

Regarding Harriet Miers: Frankly, she doesn't appear to be qualified.

Apparently, she’s a devout member of the Bush Cult of Personality, and was even George Bush's personal lawyer in Texas. Later, after he was elected Governor, he gave the job of running the Texas Lottery.

Then she followed him to Washington, where she served as to serve as staff secretary, the person who controls every piece of paper that crosses the president's desk. Then it was on the Counsel's Office.

Apart from many years in private practice in Dallas, that's it.

This is who he picks for the Supreme Court.

No clerking with the Supreme Court. No clerking with an appellate court. No arguing before the Supreme Court. No significant legal scholarship.

Even if one is known as one of the most powerful lawyers in America -- let us say, the number personal injury lawyer in Texas, the best tax attorney in D.C., the most outstanding environmental lawyer in California, the best criminal defense attorney in New York -- this would not necessarily qualify someone for U.S. Supreme Court

Is Harriet Miers qualified for the job of interpreting the U.S. Constitution - our founding legal and political document for the rest of the country, rendering decisions that will have effects for decades, if not centuries?

At this point, the answer appears to be no.