Just a note,

I see a whole lot of people out there complaining about the Harriet Meirs appointment. I must say that I am dissapointed about it too. I don't know, she may end up being an excellent judge if approved, but there are a couple of things I do know about the situation that concerns me.
The first is this perception that O'Conner had to be replaced by a woman. In light of recent reports that some cannidates turned down the appointment, and givent he fairly plentiful number of good possible canidates, I am led to believe that they had to resort to Meirs because they were short on female cannidates. They should pick the best person, even it it turns out to be another, shock horror, white man. To make decisions based on gender is descrimination (even if it favors females). It is an iresponsible way to handle the appointments to such an important institution.
The second reason is her age. Her spot would be up again in a relatively short time. We need a good choice that will last a long time.