Roughly 18 bajillion emailers took exception to my assertion the other day that Miers would have to do some serious homework for her confirmation hearings. They trotted out all the usual epithets — elitism, sexism, regionalism, cowardice — and then offered one (seemingly) serious counter-argument: Miers has been in charge of selecting judges so she must know her stuff. After all, if she’s quizzing appellate court nominees she must know the material herself. I was disabused of this argument when I brought it up in Miers’ defense with a few legal eagles at the NR 50th party. Apparently she hasn’t done very much judge vetting and prepping after all. Here, via David Frum, is a summation of the rebuttal to the Miers-as-quizmaster defense.