Who Do You Trust?

Reactions from all over the political spectrum are rolling in on President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

There were initial reactions and then second-thought reactions, like this one and this one at Polipundit.

The talk radio waves were blowing up yesterday with the lament that an opportunity had been lost.

But Hugh Hewitt asked the question: Do you trust him? and Do you trust them?

In the first post, he calls on conservatives to trust the President, and although we don't know much about Miers, he does.

In the second post, he has a round-up of the endorsements for Miers, which include James Dobson.

The Wall Street Journal has an article this morning called, Faith-Based Nominee:

With the nomination yesterday of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, President Bush has fulfilled his promise to appoint Justices in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Or has he? The only person who can say for sure seems to be the President himself, who has known Ms. Miers for 20 years as his personal attorney and White House adviser.

For the rest of us, the nominee is mostly a Texas mystery. The 60-year-old has had a worthy career--any woman of that era who rose to lead a Dallas law firm, was elected to head the Texas Bar Association and became White House Counsel is no legal slouch. But when it comes to the judicial philosophy that she would bring to the Supreme Court, she is a blank public slate. Mr. Bush is asking the Senate, his supporters especially, to trust him on this one.

The President, who knows infinitely more about these matters than most Americans, including the pundits, has a plan.

Sure it is easy to question and second guess because we don't have to live with the legacy of being wrong. Back in 1991, when Clarence Thomas was nominated, National Review stated:

Truth be told, however, his public record on issues other than civil rights is still more Souteresque than Borkian. Hat-tip: Drudge

I doubt the folks at National Review would agree with this statement today.

Since I know little about the Supreme Court or con law, I will defer to the President. I will trust that he knows what he is doing and that he will represent the interests that I elected him to represent.