Most embarrassing Miers moment yet

From today’s Washington Post story by Peter Baker and Charles Babington on the Miers nomination: The Senate Judiciary Committee sent Miers a questionnaire yesterday that included several items the panel did not ask of [Chief Justice John] Roberts. “Please describe in detail any cases or matters you addressed as an attorney or public official which ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast.

From today’s Washington Post story by Peter Baker and Charles Babington on the Miers nomination:

The Senate Judiciary Committee sent Miers a questionnaire yesterday that included several items the panel did not ask of [Chief Justice John] Roberts. “Please describe in detail any cases or matters you addressed as an attorney or public official which involved constitutional questions,” the questionnaire asks. (emphasis added)

Is it just me, or would this be like asking a nominee for Secretary of State, “Please describe in detail any foreign experience or travel you experienced”? UPDATE: Michael Froomkin supplies a more exact analogy in the comments.

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner

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