BUSH GIVES SUPREME COURT PICK 'JUDGING FOR DUMMIES'
Non-judge to Receive Crash Course in Judging, President Says
by Andy Borowitz
October 4, 2005
One day after nominating a non-judge, Harriet Miers, to the United States Supreme Court, President George W. Bush presented his nominee with a book entitled "Judging for Dummies" which he said would provide her with "a crash course in judging."
The book, which includes definitions of such basic judging terms as "docket" and "gavel," will be invaluable in preparing Ms. Miers to serve on the highest court in the land, the president said.
While nominating someone with no judging experience on her resume to the Supreme Court raised eyebrows in some legal circles, Mr. Bush told reporters that although Ms. Miller had no experience as a judge she had decades of experience as a crony. [...] Read the rest of another great Borowitz report at http://tinyurl.com/9fpcy
© Virginia Metze
by Andy Borowitz
October 4, 2005
One day after nominating a non-judge, Harriet Miers, to the United States Supreme Court, President George W. Bush presented his nominee with a book entitled "Judging for Dummies" which he said would provide her with "a crash course in judging."
The book, which includes definitions of such basic judging terms as "docket" and "gavel," will be invaluable in preparing Ms. Miers to serve on the highest court in the land, the president said.
While nominating someone with no judging experience on her resume to the Supreme Court raised eyebrows in some legal circles, Mr. Bush told reporters that although Ms. Miller had no experience as a judge she had decades of experience as a crony. [...] Read the rest of another great Borowitz report at http://tinyurl.com/9fpcy
© Virginia Metze
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