Why should conservatives oppose an appointment of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to the Supreme Court?

First, in a Texas Supreme Court case, In re Jane Doe, then Justice Priscilla Owen who dissented to the majority ruling, had the following to say concerning that opinion:

“…this Court has usurped the role of the trial court, reweighed the evidence, and drawn its own conclusions. The Court has forsaken any semblance of abiding by principles of appellate review.”

and she further stated:

“It is the Court who has acted irresponsibly in this case by summarily rendering judgment without careful consideration of the record, by manufacturing reasons to support its actions, and by ignoring the evidence that supports the trial court’s judgment.

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I dissent from the Court’s judgment in this case and from the manner in which this appeal has been resolved. The Court has disregarded the (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)