He has written a defense of Miers for the Washington Post. I assume he’s doing the best he can with what he’s got to work with. So she doesn’t know much about constitutional law: That’s okay, because she has the “capability to master it.” (I guess she’ll cram.) Her support of the ABA’s role in screening nominees is proof of her independence of mind! “A former at-large member of the Dallas City Council, she has a sense of accountability at the grass-roots level.” These are reassurances that do not reassure.