Here is a post from another list where I lurk. A different perspective on
Supreme Court nominee credentials.

Keith



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Subject: Now That's An Interesting Question!
From:    "Mike Palij" <[log in to unmask]>
Date:    Fri, October 21, 2005 1:10 pm
To:      "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[log in to unmask]>
Cc:      "Mike Palij" <[log in to unmask]>
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Some of you might be familiar with Bob Park, a physicist,
author of "Voodoo Science", and "publisher" of the weekly
e-newsletter "What's New" (WN).  Below is an excerpt from
this week's issue which contains an interesting question that
one of WN's readers has suggested should be asked of
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers.

-Mike Palij
New York University
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WHAT'S NEW   Robert L. Park   Friday, 21 Oct 05   Washington, DC

1. SUPREME QUESTION: WHAT ARE THE NOMINEE'S VIEWS ON SCIENCE?
Our request for questions that should be asked of Supreme Court
nominees to elicit their views on science drew a huge response.
Traditionally, nominees are not questioned about their religious
views on the assumption that an oath to uphold the constitution
makes the nominee's religious views irrelevant.  Science, which
bases judgements solely on the evidence, is the antithesis of
religion and is clearly relevant.  The WN staff felt the question
that best captured the consensus of our readers' views in the
fewest number of words was from Abi Soffer at SLAC:

     "How does being descended from a monkey affect your
     judicial philosophy?"

WN will include more suggested questions each week until the
confirmation process in the Senate is over.

Archives of What's New can be found at http://www.bobpark.org





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