Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff has obtained private email correspondence between a group of conservative scholars brought together by the White House to support the confirmation of its judicial nominees. Abigail Thernstrom, a distinguished conservative intellectual and member of the U.S. Civil Cights Commission, reportedly wrote:
We are keeping quiet. And hiding from the media. … As for undermining trust in the president, I am afraid he has accomplished that all on his own — without any help from us.
Legal scholar Michael Greve reportedly concurred:
It no longer matters whether she’s the second coming of John Marshall; the cronyism charge has stuck bec. it’s so obviously true.
These disclosures will suprise no one familiar with the work of these thoughtful and talented scholars.
In related news, The New York Times reports that support for Miers is nonexistent among Senate Republican staff attorneys charged with preparing the majority for uncoming confirmation hearings.
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