A Stitch in Haste

The White House, in an effort to deflect the undeflectable criticism of Harriet Miers' nomination to the Supreme Court, staged a bizarre photo op with several former justices of the Texas Supreme Court to express their support of Miers' nomination.

Of course, the fact that Miers never served on the Texas Supreme Court is conveniently omitted. It's not even clear whether she ever even argued before the Texas Supreme Court.

Details, details.

Here's the President during the photo op:

She is smart, she is capable, she is a pioneer. She's been consistently ranked as one of the top 50 women lawyers in the United States. She has been a leader in the legal profession. She's impressed these folks. They know her well.

Translation:

She is not a constitutional law expert, she is not a constitutional law expert, she is not a constitutional law expert. She's been consistently ranked as one of the top 50 women not-a-constitutional-law-experts in the United States. She has been a leader in the not-a-constitutional-law-expert profession. She's impressed these folks, but not for being a constitutional law expert. They know her well, especially the fact that she's not a constitutional law expert.

Oh, and William Rehnquist was never a judge either. Neither was John Marshall. So there.