President Bush is entirely within his rights to nominate a Supreme Court Justice who has never been a judge. In fact, they need not even be a lawyer, although that would be unusual.

However, I sincerely hope Mr. Bush does not expect his nominee to be rubber stamped into her office-for-life. The fact that there is no record of rulings and opinions makes it even more important that the Senate explore her beliefs and opinions, and critically important that she answer those questions, unlike Judge "Dodge 'Em" Roberts.

This is a job interview. Stonewalling by Ms. Miers should be answered with the same action one would get in a job interview: "no thank you".