All you need to know about the Miers pick

The Christian fundamentalist American Center for Law and Justice says Harriet Miers is "an excellent choice for the Supreme Court."

Focus on the Family took a slightly less enthusiastic approach, putting founding foamer James Dobson's endoresement deep in its press release: "As Lord Acton said, 'Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.' Sadly, that seems to have happened to Justices Souter and Kennedy. All we can say now is that Harriet Miers appears to be an outstanding nominee for the Supreme Court."

With these two powerful right-wing groups supporting the pick, no one need doubt that she's exactly what they want -- though I heard a local Xtian talk radio person say yesterday that she's no Clarence Thomas, as if Thomas were some standard of quality. Imagine if they could find another Clarence Thomas! The country might not survive it.

There's much more at the Village Voice, including reporting about Miers' church background.