Trust Us, "Justice Miers" Would Make a Big Big Difference

Reuter's analyzes the standing of the Court (SCOTUS) in the Oregon case currently before the nation's highest court, a case that will forever impact how patients die: The Court is evenly divided.

As conservatives continue to pretend to object to Miers' nomination on the grounds that she might not be conservative enough, this the most political appointment in the history of the Supreme Court is about to go to the Senate where, if confirmed, Miers would no doubt tilt such rulings toward the conservative. And that, friends, ends the question of where the nation's jurisprudence on bioethics issues like stem cells, abortion and euthanasia will go. Is there really any question that the confirmation of Miers would mean a quick and sharp shift in Court decisions that would bear on abortion, euthanasia and stem cells, among a dozen other bioethics issues that will come before the Court in the coming decade?

No.

Yet the "GOP is not satisfied" charade continues, suppressing what should be a deafening echo of protest against this nomination by commentators from the left. Yes there are real intellectuals who oppose the Miers nomination on principle. But that isn't what is at stake here.