Miers on the Supreme Court?

For anyone who happened to catch the opening sketch of Saturday Night Live this past week, you witnessed a satire of what my article is all about. In the New York Times today there is an article about the close ties between President Bush and newly nominated Supreme Court member, Harriet E. Miers. This article states that there were many letters exchanged between the former governor of Texas, and his lawyer, the former Texas Lottery commissioner. These letters may show that Miers's nomination is strictly based on the friendship between the two. These letters are not very professional at all and include Miers using the word cool (which I have now decided to erase from my vocabulary) quite frequently, she even goes as far as to state that the Bush twins should be lucky that they have such "cool" parents. If this nomination is truly based on friendship and not on merit then Miers should, and more than likely will be denied a position on the Supreme Court.

This situation reminds me of something I read in my summer reading book, entitled An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek. In 1961, when choosing his Cabinet, John F. Kennedy made sure his brother, Robert, had a place somewhere in government. I recall reading about how when almost all the positions in his Cabinet were filled, John had forgotten about Robert so he placed him as Attorney General of the United States. Also, as I recall Robert did not feel he was well enough suited for this position and needed to have a talk with his family before finally accepting the position. This act of nepotism did not work out badly however and Robert managed to help his brother quite a bit during his presidency.