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First, I do trust President Bush to be a genuinely committed social conservative. From stem cell research, to partial birth abortion, to defending marriage, his record has been strongly pro-life and pro-family. His passion throughout the campaign was to have good judges who will interpret law and not legislate from the bench. Second, I trust Dr. Dobson’s judgment and insight about Harriet Miers. Yes, I will closely watch the confirmation process hoping to learn more about Miers’ judicial philosophy. However, based on all that we know, Harriet Miers may be exactly the type of individual we want as the next Associate Justice for the Supreme Court. I do think that it should be made clear to this president and future presidents that social conservatives will not simply roll over and salute every risky decision made like this in the future. But throwing rocks at the President right now is not productive.