WASHINGTON -- For most men who hold the office of America's president, government is serious business. For George W. Bush it apparently is a hobby. That's the only explanation for his "trust me" nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Miers appears to be a good attorney and competent presidential counsel. But nothing in her career suggests that she is among those most qualified to serve on America's highest court.

Indeed, there's no evidence that she has done anything to prepare herself for such a role. Has she ever thought about constitutional jurisprudence? Seriously considered controversial political issues? Studied the historical and philosophical context of American government?