Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears

Since Bush's re-election in 04, TWO of my greatest fears have come true--the loss of not one, but TWO Supreme Court Justices. Robert's confirmation last week has made me a bit bonkers about who is going to fill the next slot, and now Bush has nominated Harriet Meirs. I don't know anything about Meirs yet, but I want to let everyone know how vital it is to keep abreast and get involved in this issue. The appointment of a Supreme Court Justice is HUGE. It affects not ONLY our generation but our children's generation. Everyone has their own hot button issues, and mine is female reproductive rights, which Bush has done everything in his power to make more difficult, or take away. And just the other day, the Senate failed to renew the Violence Against Women Act, (http://www.now.org/issues/violence/100105vawa_alert.html), which should have been a NO-BRAINER. This just pushed me over the edge, and I will now be following Bush, and Meirs, more closely.

There ARE things you can do if you agree with or disagree with her nomination and/or if you want to get more involved in general!!:

Write/call/email your Senators
Sign up for your political party's office in your town
Watch the Meirs confirmation hearings
Write Letters to the Editor

But here is my dumb/naive/asinine question: Bush says that Meirs is a good choice because he knows she will govern "by the law and not on the bench." Which means, he expects her personal opinions not to get in the way of her judgment, which I agree with--BUT-- you cannot tell me Roe VS Wade decision was not made with judgment alone-it was as an emotional issue back then as it is today.