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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
You can trot Ginsberg out all you want, but the fact is she was voted in because it was politically advantageous for the Republicans to do so. It had nothing to do with whether or not she was the most qualified individual for the job.
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Wow - once again we disagree.
Most Americans view the ACLU as a leftist organization. It is not very popular. It would have been very easy to score HUGE political points nation wide, with both their base and many, many middle of the road people who don't like the ACLU, by opposing her and opposing her loudly.
How can you ever find "the most" qualified for any job? I don't think you can. You just find someone who
is qualified.
My definition of qualified? I don't know if that can be quantified, but in this case, I would guess it is that the nominee has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to present cogent and articulate opinions of law and of the Constitution as related to legal matters.
Opinions vary widely on the Constitution between great legal minds. I think Scalia is brilliant, but couldn't have disagreed more with him than on his vote related to the recent marijuana and interstate commerce case. Does this mean he is unqualified because he interpretted something differently than I would have? Or than Thomas and Rehnquist did?