Mark Levin only strengthens my conviction on the scope of questioning. He’s probably right that the two (apparently) overwhelming reasons Bush picked Harriet Miers are that she’s female and an old friend. The nomination is now a done deal, and anyone who wanted someone different has to wait till next time. But confirmation proceedings await, and they represent an opportunity to find out how a Justice Miers would think about constitutional questions. Maybe “next time” for a nomination will be sooner than anyone thinks, most of all the president. Precisely because she is for many of us a completely closed book on these matters, I am now more than ever in favor of unbridled Schumerism. (This morning I doubt that Chuck Schumer is any longer a Schumerist, which if so would be a bad sign.) Let the questions fly!