Simplicity

Apparently appointing Miers is Bush's way of sticking it to the 'intellectuals' and the folks he went to Yale with:

Beyond the religious ties, there's nothing that will make Bush fight harder for his nominee than an attack by the intellectuals—even if they are from his own party. Those who put others down as second-rate minds with weak credentials get relegated to that class of snobs he first learned to hate at Yale, when he walked through their Vietnam protests in his leather bomber jacket. Those who lack skill in what Will called "constitutional reasoning" are already pressing the president's anti-intellectual buttons. Bush loves the idea, say aides, that Miers strikes a blow for real-world simplicity.

Great. We have a 10 year old as president.

Check out Slate's Brief History of Cronyism on the Supreme Court.